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Nopales, venison and mesquite are as much a part of the foodways of Texas as tacos, tamales and tortillas.
Food is where Adán Medrano s new documentary starts, but the film, Truly Texas Mexican, which launched on Amazon Prime this week, weaves through history, archaeology, feminism and spirituality, leaving viewers with a deeper understanding of Texas-Mexico history, which typically skips over the first 10,000 years of the region.
Food history in Texas often leaves out the voices of women and immigrants, too, says Medrano, a San Antonio native who grew up in Houston, went to graduate school in Austin and lived all over South America and Europe for a former job in philanthropy.
TEXAS POWER GRID HEARINGS: Natural gas suppliers, power plants blame each other
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Lawmakers listen as Bill Magness, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holds a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one of the worst in U.S. history, leaving more than 4 million customers without power and heat in subfreezing temperatures. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay, STF / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
ICE is ending long-term immigrant family detention
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Hidalgo County Precinct 3 Constable Deputies gather information from migrants who crossed the Rio Grande in an area known as El Rincon del Diablo, the Devil’s Corner, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The constable deputies were helping the U.S. Border Patrol in the area near Anzalduas Park where a large number of families have crossed into the U.S. The Border Patrol has a processing area under the Anzalduas International Bridge. During the evening over 200 migrants, all family units or juveniles traveling alone, crossed the river and turns themselves in to authorities.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
In their first effort at getting to the bottom of an energy calamity that left millions of Texans in the dark amid subfreezing temperatures last week and potentially contributed to dozens of deaths, state lawmakers Thursday heard from utility executives, grid operators and regulators and found fingers pointing in lots of directions.
With a dash of introspection all the players expressed sadness at the tragedy that unfolded in Texas, and some even hinted they bore some of the blame the exchanges between lawmakers and witnesses in simultaneous hearings by Texas House and Senate committees doled out plenty of criticism:
• An official with the state grid operator said the bulk of the outages came from the impact of the weather, and said there is currently no legal authority to force companies to winterize.
AUSTIN Lawmakers grilled energy industry stakeholders for hours Thursday as they reviewed the many failures in the state’s energy system last week that.