Leslie Rangel, a first generation daughter of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants, is former deputy managing editor for The Barbed Wire. Her award-winning journalism is focused on issues of health, mental wellness, race, gender and social justice.
Culture
Vegan tacos may sound like the kind of cultural appropriation that happens when white influencers start cooking on TikTok. But there’s a growing movement among Texas-based Latinos to improve the health of their community — and they’re willing to wade into controversial, plant-based territory to make it
Arts & Entertainment
Texas has a hard time telling its complete story. The good, the bad, and the ugly don’t always make the cut. But just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, a group of San Antonio leaders are taking steps to preserve Mexican American history. The first-ever Mexican American Civil
Crime & Justice
Dozens of violent social media threats against several North Texas school districts this week prompted some districts to cancel classes, and others — like Dallas ISD, which serves a total of 143,430 students — were forced to change their football schedules. The “hoax” social media threats affected Fort Worth ISD, Arlington
Culture
Not everyone agrees the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team,” but can we agree their record-breaking quarterback and certified sweetie, Dak Prescott, is on his way to being the official state girl dad? Less than a week ago, Prescott inked the NFL’s most expensive contract of all time
News
Don’t mess with a Texas dad. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz may be learning the hard way after his work (or lack thereof) to help free a Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia in 2019. Joey Reed promised to make sure Cruz would be voted out of office
Arts & Entertainment
What would you do with $90 billion dollars? Alice Walton, the only daughter of the late Walmart CEO, is using her money to live in Fort Worth, focus on art, and start a holistic health school. As of this week, Walton is the richest woman in the world, according to
News
Fewer than 24 hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for her first live debate against Donald Trump, vice presidential nominee Tim Walz spent Monday afternoon in Dallas, telling attendees at his 30-minute address that voters should take Project 2025 seriously. “They’re not kidding,” Walz said at the
Culture
The final nominees for the 58th annual Country Music Awards have been announced, and Beyoncé was glaringly absent from any mentions. So was her album, “Cowboy Carter,” and her hit single “Texas Hold ‘Em” — the second longest-running no. 1 hit of 2024 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Culture
If Ken Paxton is anything, it’s busy. These past two weeks, our attorney general has sued the State Fair of Texas, raided the home of an 87-year-old, and attacked the rights of transgender Texans (again). Now, he’s suing the Department of Health and Human Services because
News
It’s no secret that certain Texas politicians are on a mission to make voting as hard as possible. Gov. Greg Abbott was out in front of the pack back in 2013. Hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted parts of the Civil Rights
Culture
Austin’s city council just put its money where its mouth is, voting to move forward with funding travel costs for out-of-state abortion care — despite a lawsuit claiming the move violates state law. In mid-August, the city first approved $400,000 to help Austinites with travel costs
News
Elon Musk has blasted the concept of voting by mail as “insane” but NBC News reports Musk voted by mail twice when he lived in California. (This is the first time his California voting records have been publicly reported.) Apropos of nothing, the definition of a hypocrite, per Merriam Webster,