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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Who are you performing for?

Who are you performing for?

Jada Thomas, Interim Marketing Manager October 17, 2023

Humanity is no stranger to struggles against oppression and fights for liberation, and the social justice movements that we learned about in history are now taking place before our eyes. However, there...

When cops become criminals

When cops become criminals

Nate Henneke, Staff Writer October 11, 2022

How long will it take for police officers to be held accountable for their actions? What gives police officers the right to be the judge, jury and executioner? These are questions that have been swept...

Illustration by Amber Chin

SAPD: Abolishing and defunding are not the same

Jaida Sloan, Staff Writer October 16, 2020

Defunding the police is a referendum on American values and should not be confused with abolishing the police. In short, defunding the police can be described as the reallocation or redirection of funding...

Black Lives Matter March in San Antonio

September 6, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1y372iONDw Thousands of people came together in downtown San Antonio on May 30th to show their solidarity following the death of George Floyd. Videographers-...

Photo By Tiffany Herrera

Lackadaisical authority in the face of social justice

Kristin Paredez, Contributing Writer August 25, 2020

I am a Latina and my opinions and life experiences are not representative of how it feels to be Black in America. If you were to ask me whether I believe that looting and destruction of property during...

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