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The past, present and future of the historic Alameda Theater (opens the original)
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Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. San Antonio’s grand Mexican movie palace, the Alameda Theater, has sat empty for the last 36 years. It was a keystone landmark for the city’s Mexican American community living on the historic West Side, and a draw for Mexican stars during the Golden Age of cinema. Artists like Pedro Infante, María Félix, and Cantinflas frequently brought the glamour to this historic theater that opened
Fronteras: Twenty years of consequences — Chronicling the lifelong impact of San Antonio gang life in the ‘90s (opens the original)
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The early 1990s in San Antonio was marked by gang violence. The city became known as the “Drive-By Capital of Texas,” with over 1,200 drive-bys reported in 1993 alone. The new book, “Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership,” follows how violence, addiction, and imprisonment affected the lives of young men on San Antonio’s Westside. Author and sociologist Avelardo Valdez met with adolescents in the gang scene from 1995-1998 and later followed up with them from 2009-2012. Ma
Fronteras: From the barrio to a prison siege — The life and impact of San Antonio drug lord, Fred Carrasco (opens the original)
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A San Antonio native revisits the life of Fred Gómez Carrasco and the 1974 prison standoff that captured national attention. His podcast looks beyond the headlines to explore Carrasco, the people involved and the lasting impact of those events.
Fronteras: An endangered Latinx landmark — The fight to preserve San Antonio’s Alazán-Apache Courts (opens the original)
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Community activism has saved the city's oldest public housing units. It was recently named a 2026 Endangered Latinx Landmark by Latinos in Heritage Conservation.
The unsung hero of the Mexican War of Independence (opens the original)
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Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. The battle for Mexican independence from Spain began with a rousing call by Father Miguel Hidalgo to rise up against Spanish colonial rule on September 16, 1810. It was an 11-year battle that mostly was fought in local and regional struggles in various phases. The early days of the Mexican War of Independence spread, for a while, north into Spanish Texas. The key target for the revoluti
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