The University of the Incarnate Word’s Extended Run Players (ERP) this Thursday and Friday will present Spoon River Anthology, excerpts from Edgar Lee Masters’ series of free-verse poems published in 1915. Spoon Riveris a fictional Midwestern town. However, each poem in the book represents a thinly veiled autobiography of people from Masters’ real hometown of […]
A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, would rename U.S. Highway 287, which runs through the Lone Star State, after President Donald Trump. The proposed legislation would rename the highway to Interstate 47 in honor of the 47th President. The interstate stretches from Port Aransas through Fort Worth and continues on through Oklahoma, […]
Five city council members have called for an audit of the San Antonio Police Department’s overtime spending, according to a memo obtained by the Current. District 4 Councilman Edward Mungia spearheaded the effort with council members Teri Castillo (D5), Sukh Kaur (D1), Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) and Ric Galvan (D6) also signing on. “We believe an […]
Texas Democrats are drawing big guns this election cycle. Former President Barack Obama appeared Tuesday alongside U.S. Senate candidate state Rep. James Talarico and gubernatorial hopeful state Rep. Gina Hinojosa as they campaigned at an Austin taco shop, videos circulating online show. “Do you know our next governor and senator?” Obama asked patrons at the […]
A free screening of the documentary The River and the Wall this Thursday seeks to raise awareness that border wall construction is yet again being proposed in one of Texas’ most ecologically sensitive area: Big Bend National Park. Distinct ecological zones ranging from low desert country to high mountain forest converge in Big Bend, making […]
Islamophobic posts on social media and hate crimes against Muslims remain at an unprecedented high as GOP leaders turn up the volume on their damaging rhetoric. The post Texas politicos’ Islamophobic rhetoric may win with the base, but it harms us all appeared first on San Antonio Current.
San Antonio Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo is facing heat after an article and an op-ed, both appearing over the weekend in the New York Times accused her of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media. In response to the reports, Galindo doubled down on her rhetoric, telling the Current in a conversation Tuesday that […]
As illegal border crossings skyrocketed two years ago, Texas Republicans in unison railed against the Biden administration’s immigration policies and vowed, if given power, to seal the U.S.-Mexico border and support Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations. These days, Republicans aren’t always on the same page about the border or immigration. The party that’s long leveraged […]
Cityscrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. The New York Times turned its attention to San Antonio late last month in the form of a lengthy feature article. No, it wasn’t about the coming wonders of Project Marvel and its multibillion-dollar price tag, or even about Spurs’ exciting playoff run. It didn’t focus on […]
A new reality TV series from the Bravo network is poised to bring glitter, backstabbing and catfights to the Texas Hill Country town of Boerne. And residents of the San Antonio bedroom community are less than thrilled. Bravo announced the launch of the new series Secrets, Lies, Texas Wives on Monday, revealing it will take […]