The Years of Blood (Duke University Press, April 2025), the latest book by journalist Alma Guillermoprieto “What I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – The Endangered Rio Grande Can Still Be Saved: A Podcast with Maria-Elena Giner
Subscribe now In an in-depth interview for The Border Chronicle, Maria-Elena Giner reflects on her tenure since being ousted last week by the Trump administration as commissioner for one of the most…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS TO 10AM
[[{“value”:” Today under item 24 City Council voted 7-1 to amend the Rules of Order such that public comment on all agenda items will be confined to a set period starting at…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY LEASES, APRIL 2025
[[{“value”:” We wrote to the City of El Paso requesting “all current property leases for City offices, including for the Anson Mills Building.” The City replied April 28, 2025 and sent us…
The Border Chronicle – New Border Wall is an ‘Ecological Catastrophe’: A Podcast with The Sierra Club’s Erick Meza
Erick Meza near the border wall in Arizona. (Photo credit: Jonathan Stegenga) Subscribe now The Trump administration has begun issuing contracts for border wall construction. During the first Trump administration, contractors dynamited…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – DECK PLAZA IS PROJECTED TO COST $412 MILLION, DOUBLE WHAT CITY CLAIMS
[[{“value”:” In November 2022, City Council voted to hire Stantec Consulting Services at a cost of $1,321,785 to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a downtown deck plaza over Interstate…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAYOR JOHNSON STACKS TIRZ 5 BOARD WITH DECK PLAZA SUPPORTERS
[[{“value”:” Tomorrow our City Council will vote under agenda items 6 and 7 to reappoint Deborah A. Zuloaga and Arlene Carroll to the Board of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 5 and, under…
El Chuqueño Blog – “5 Against the House”
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El Chuqueño Blog – The New Soccer Stadium
From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos en la historia del equipo: la creación de…