Board of Contributors

COMMENTARY: Border security requires local participation

BY STATE SEN. JUAN 'CHUY' HINOJOSAOn Feb. 16, Vice President Mike Pence made a four-hour visit to the Rio Grande Valley. It is always...

COMMENTARY: Women deserve a month of devotion (at least)

BY LOUISE BUTLERAll of us have owned “that” car. It was the rusted-out piece of crap. Its only virtue was that it was the...

COMMENTARY: How partnerships are transforming the RGV

BY STATE SEN. JUAN 'CHUY' HINOJOSAOver the past weeks, I have attended several state-of-the-city addresses, and on Feb. 5 I was at the first...

COMMENTARY: New Hidalgo Co. Courthouse is ‘a need not a want’

BY HIDALGO COUNTY JUDGE RAMON GARCIALike many of you, I have spent the past few months listening to debates, reading articles and talking to...

COMMENTARY: This is not a Valentine’s Day column

BY LOUISE BUTLERLet me establish that I am a romantic. I can recite entire scenes from “Now, Voyager,” the 1942 melodrama romance, which is...

COMMENTARY: Why not build a wall and rid ourselves of Dreamers?

BY EFRÉN OLIVARESThere’s a raging debate across the country about whether a tradeoff between a Dream Act and money to build a border wall...

COMMENTARY: Can 2020 Census be saved?

BY DR. M. RAY PERRYMANThe 2020 U.S. Census is at risk due to inadequate funding, planning and staffing, and the consequences could be quite...

COMMENTARY: The benefits of higher education

BY STATE SEN. JUAN 'CHUY' HINOJOSAInstitutions of higher education, our universities and community colleges, are the foundation of our communities. These institutions not only...

COMMENTARY: Catholics compromised themselves in voting for Trump

BY DAVID JACKSONSWhat united a high percent of white Catholics and Evangelicals to vote for President Donald Trump was basic opposition to abortion. The...

COMMENTARY: 2M jobs at stake with end of DACA

BY DR. M. RAY PERRYMANThe clock is ticking on a two-million-job issue: finding a permanent solution to replace Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)....