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Texas Matters: The battle over abortion hit a boiling point in Texas this week and it all started with a 13-hour filibuster attempt by Sen. Wendy Davis of…

Today we travel to Argentina and Brazil, with a hop into Mexico, enabling us to sample several indigenous languages, Guarani and Zapotecan, plus music in the imported languages of Spanish and Portuguese. Singer and guitarist Suni Paz sings “Pedro Canoero,” introducing us to the Guarani harp. More musical surprises come from recordings made by the Columbia recording company aboard the SS Uruguay as a flurry of Brazil's finest popular musicians participate in an all-night jam session, overseen by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Leopold Stokowski.

Texas Matters looks at another break down of order at the House Elections Committee by Chairman Briscoe Cain. Also we hear from a Texas mother opposed to anti-transgender bills in the legislature.

Two UTSA professors are looking to preserve the stories of the city’s West Side through the West Side Sound Oral History Project.

Linda construye una nueva vida en California, pero las noticias desde casa la persiguen. Miembros de Pueblos Unidos fueron detenidos en Michoacán, cargando un arsenal de armas provenientes de Estados Unidos. El destino de Linda depende del sistema de asilo estadounidense, donde mexicanos rara vez ganan casos. Ella está a salvo por ahora, pero su futuro en Estados Unidos sigue siendo poco claro- un camino que comparten miles de solicitantes de asilo.

Behind President Joe Biden’s fateful decision are decades of challenges and controversies, triumphs and tragedies. FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.

In this episode of the Worth Repeating podcast, storytellers share their stories on the theme “Con Safos,” a phrase meaning “with respect.” The stories featured include a mother honoring her son, a brand-new tamalada tradition, a family graveyard, and an act of rebellion.

The cards need to be both protected and available to show when needed. You can carry the original paper card with you, plastic coated perhaps. But lots of people stash it away and show a digital copy.

Those snippets of praise on book covers have been around for over 150 years (at least). But how do they get there — and why? The answers are more complicated, and compelling, than you might think.

U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs that helped them buy local food.