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Brownsville native and writer, Oscar Cásares, penned an article last year after losing a cousin to COVID-19. Like many, he was left to grieve in isolation, but he turned to a cultural tradition as a source of healing: Día de los Muertos. Cásares’ article memorialized loved ones lost to the virus and will be featured in an upcoming collection by Texas Monthly.

Texas historian Monica Muñoz Martinez was recently awarded a MacArthur fellowship, known as the "genius grant," for her work uncovering and bringing to the forefront troubling truths about centuries-old border killings.

In the book, “South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War,” historian Alice Baumgartner examines the U.S. and Mexico’s complicated ties to slavery and how Mexico’s stance on slavery had a major influence on politics to the North.

A series of new reports details real and potential conflicts of interest for members of the Texas Railroad Commission who are not prevented from having close ties to and investments in the industries they are charged with regulating.

CPS Energy and San Antonio Water System stopped shutting off services for nonpayment during the pandemic. Now, after nearly two years, power and water disconnections are starting up again in San Antonio. CPS is owed $150 million in delinquent bills and about 16,000 of SAWS residential customers have bills past due. How can at-risk customers avoid utility disconnections? What's being done to inform them about their options?

Cases of a preventable sexually transmitted disease passed to newborns during pregnancy are increasing in Texas, which already has the nation’s highest rates of congenital syphilis. Up to 40% of babies born with the STD are stillborn or die early. What’s being done to break down structural barriers and improve access to prenatal care, especially in underserved communities?

Monica Muñoz Martinez’s research on state-sanctioned violence against Mexicans and Mexican-Americans on the border in the early 20th Century has landed her in the national spotlight. The historian and University of Texas at Austin professor is among this year’s MacArthur Fellows.

Autism itself doesn’t discriminate but gender, racial, ethnic and sociodemographic disparities do affect the diagnosis of and services for many kids with autism spectrum disorder.

Under the leadership of president and CEO Dr. Larry Schlesinger, the internationally recognized Texas Biomedical Research Institute was ready to take on COVID-19 therapy and vaccine model development within weeks of the World Health Organization's pandemic declaration, to get them safely through the pipeline as fast as possible.

San Antonio's original $450 million plan to re-imagine Alamo Plaza has encountered a plethora of obstacles and setbacks over the years, and redevelopment continues to be stalled. What's the latest on plans for the Alamo? What comes next?