The Trump administration is rapidly advancing border wall construction across the southern border, spending billions while ignoring federal protections like the Endangered Species Act. The Border Chronicle is featuring perspectives from border…
El Paso Matters – Ysleta ISD loses 1,400 students amid enrollment decline, financial struggles
The Ysleta Independent School District enrollment numbers are declining faster than the district projected, losing 1,400 – or about 4% – of its student population in the 2025-26 academic year. The district…
Tech Crunch – Adobe Firefly now supports prompt-based video editing, adds more third-party models
Adobe is updating its AI video-generation app, Firefly, with a new video editor that supports precise prompt-based edits, as well as adding new third-party models for image and video generation, including Black…
El Paso Herald Post – The Saving of the Duranguito Barrio, A Movie, and An Inconvenient Truth
Author’s Note: “Duranguito” was released in 2023 and is available on PBS. The film was funded by various organizations and individual contributions. Directors and cinematographers included Zane Abraham and Nikki […] The…
Fronterizo News – The Saving of the Duranguito Barrio, A Movie, and An Inconvenient Truth
The reluctance of local well-to-do Latinos/as to join the Duranguito crusade was deeply disappointing. But even more distressing was the fact that a number of the elite Latinos/as actually supported the plan…
Tech Crunch – Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor
Last Energy will use the funds to build its 5 megawatt pilot reactor in Texas, which it hopes to turn on next year. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Everbloom built an AI to turn chicken feathers into cashmere
Everbloom has also developed a chemical process to transform waste fibers and feathers into upcycled materials that resemble everything from polyester to cashmere. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy
Last month the Trump administration made people from 19 nations ineligible to obtain legal status. “Fear won,” said one woman who came from Venezuela nearly a decade ago. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Residents protest high-voltage power lines that could skirt Dinosaur Valley State Park
One of three possible routes would border the North Texas park. The project is part of a statewide effort to keep pace with Texas’ rapidly growing energy needs. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Solo VC and Lovable investor Neil Murray raises third Nordic-focused fund
The Nordic Web closes $6M Fund III. Read more: Read More