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San Antonio band Los Texmaniacs will perform at the Democratic National Convention today as part of its first night in Chicago. TPR’s Valentina Barerra-Ibarra spoke with Max Baca, the frontman behind the Grammy-award-winning conjunto group about his recent accolades and upcoming performance.

Fronteras takes a tour of the artworks on display as part of the new "Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers | Soñadores + creadores del cambio" exhibit at San Antonio's Contemporary at Blue Star.

Chicano writer Nephtalí De León was named the sixth San Antonio Poet Laureate in March. His poetry, children's stories, and paintings take on a social justice bent and aim to capture the essence of Chicano culture.

Mexican-descent students achieve ‘The Chicana/o/x Dream’ of educational success in a system designed for them to fail.

Nearly two-thirds of San Antonio's population is Hispanic, indigenous or of Mexican descent. But there are 2.3 million people living in the Alamo City, and not all Latino and Hispanic populations use the same identifying terms. How do pan-ethnic labels reflect evolving cultural norms? What are the potential implications of the differences in how populations self-identify?

One of the Chicano art world's greatest figures died this month. Adán Hernandez is perhaps best known for his work in the 1993 film “Blood In Blood Out,” but his work also caught the attention of museum curators and art collectors.

Jesse Treviño is one San Antonio's greatest artists. For decades, he's celebrated everyday life on the city's West Side with photorealistic paintings and…

Originally aired April 12, 2019Chicana feminists faced obstacles entirely their own during the Chicano movement. Fellow Chicanos and white feminists…

Chicanas Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era is a collection of essays written by Chicana scholars and activists about…

Chicana feminists faced obstacles entirely their own during the Chicano movement. Fellow Chicanos and white feminists upheld a racial, sexist and classist…