COMMENTARY: Help Texas: Expand Medicaid
By Lyle Larson, Special to the Herald
Say you were told that every dollar you contribute toward a cause would be matched with $9. Sounds...
COMMENTARY: U.S. and Mexico: Real engagement, simply cordial?
By Antonio Garza, Special to the Herald
The Jan. 20 inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is certainly still on all...
COMMENTARY: Destination for hope
The year 2020 and the impact of a global health crisis have disrupted lives and communities in nearly every way — emotionally, financially, mentally...
EDITORIAL: Top choice: Readers invited to offer tributes to health workers
At this time of the year we normally invite readers to nominate exemplary local residents who deserve consideration for our annual Rio Grande Valley...
COLUMN: Walls are more than a symbol
Criminal organizations seeking to degrade the security and sovereignty of our nation evolve their tactics in response to law enforcement actions, smart application of...
The future of animal sheltering
By Lee Ann Shenefiel
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everything, but for animal welfare that disruption may catapult communities across the country into the future...
COMMENTARY: River and Resaca Development
By Eugene Fernandez, Special to the Herald
To more completely understand the geography of the Rio Grande and its delta region, inclusive of its resacas...
COMMENTARY: Building fire protection
By Eugene Fernandez
On May 8, 1908, Mayor Frederic Combe’s administration carried out an overhaul of Market Square, whitewashing it and proposing that screens be...
COMMENTARY: A primer on the coronavirus
NURA SALHADAR, MY TURN
As a recent public health graduate, I have found it surreal to watch a major public health crisis unfold before my very...
