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With flowers, altars and candles, Mexicans are honoring deceased relatives on the Day of the Dead

Mexicans in the state of Oaxaca are celebrating the Day of the Dead

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Texas likely will spend billions fixing its water systems. Will it reach these forgotten colonias?

An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come.

The Texas Tribune · May 5, 2023

Black and Hispanic Texans say they don’t trust the quality of their water

A survey was commissioned by the nonprofit organization Texas Water Trade and included responses from households in both rural border communities and in urban areas across Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 16, 2023