When the then-energy secretary accidentally helped lead the president into impeachment, he was simultaneously trying to help his friends cash in on a big gas deal.
Tenoch Aztecatl
Tenoch Aztecatl was a 2018 multimedia fellow at The Texas Tribune. He will be a senior at Texas A&M University, where he is seeking a bachelor’s degree in International Studies: Communications and Media Studies. He has previously reported and served as an editor at The Battalion, Texas A&M’s student-run campus newspaper. Tenoch has also interned at KBTX, a CBS station in Bryan/College Station and enjoys long form documentary filmmaking.
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Families Divided
Border lawyers still dealing with fallout from family separations
One attorney who has been helping immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley says it’s like “being in a MASH unit.” More than 500 children are still separated from their parents.
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Families Divided
“A room so cold that we got headaches:” Mother details conditions inside migrant detention center
After fleeing Honduras with her young son, Yulissa Pacheco, 24, spent her first days in the United States inside a border detention facility. Watch as she describes the nights she spent sleeping on mats and listening to mothers who were separated from their children weep.
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13 hours to midnight: A documentary reflecting on Wendy Davis’ abortion filibuster
In 2013, Democrat Wendy Davis filibustered an abortion bill, a 13-hour saga that put a national spotlight on both Davis and the abortion debate in Texas. Five years later, key members of the Texas Senate and other onlookers discuss the significance of that night.
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Families Divided
“We live in fear”: Honduran family seeking asylum left stranded on a bridge
In a video from the border, immigrant Walter Vindel describes how he left Honduras with his wife and children to escape gangs that killed their relatives — and is praying for safe harbor into the U.S. “We are not bad people,” he says.
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Health care
Running out the clock: The Wendy Davis abortion filibuster, 5 years later
Former state Sen. Wendy Davis’ 2013 filibuster of anti-abortion legislation was an unforgettable event for lawmakers and political observers on both sides of the aisle. Five years later, listen in as key players in the debate reflect on their longest night.