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“America First”— it’s a slogan that has currency with the right-wing today, but they didn’t coin the phrase. That happened back in 1930s America to serve a movement trying to keep the U.S. from getting involved in fighting the Nazis in Europe. We look at this tipping point in American history—and America as a global power—with historian and author H.W. Brands.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont says Texas has a chance to turn blue this election and he's in the region to rally support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president.

Also: Federal judge rules parts of SBI voter law unconstitutional; San Antonio spreads Cool Pavement program; Medal of Honor recipients tour San Antonio this week

The chemical cross-communication between the guts and other organs that occurs when a person metabolizes nutrients begins before we open our mouths, when we see or smell food. The answer to why some people develop obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders, and why some people respond so well to medicines like Ozempic, might lie in those signals. UT Health San Antonio endocrinologist Dr. Marzieh Salehi is studying that communication in patients with spinal cord injury.

The Texas near-total abortion ban continues to reveal its unintended consequences that are making childbirth in the state less safe and increasing the rates of infant and maternal mortality.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is seeking reelection. Salazar took heat when he went on stage during the Democratic National Convention and blasted Donald Trump for weakening border security.

Timothy Snyder's "On Freedom" draws on the work of philosophers and political dissidents and conversations with contemporary thinkers. Snyder also lays out how American conservatives have gotten freedom wrong. Also how Donald Trump with Project 2025 is a threat to actual freedom in America. Snyder identifies the practices that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish.

Election Day is just weeks away. It won’t be long before we’re able to vote in Texas.But there is something sinister going on with our election, something that journalist Ari Berman says is a five-alarm fire for democracy. He says there is definitely a plot to steal the election.

This week on Texas Matters: Is Attorney General Ken Paxton perverting the facts about the death of baby Nikki and the looming execution of Robert Roberson? In a report to the public about the Roberson case, the AG Office made a number of untrue and debunked statements about the death of Nikki, Roberson and his trial. We get a response from Roberson’s attorney Gretchen Sween.

The documentary tells of the dozens of men and boys who were missing and murdered by Mexican marines during a period of four months in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo.