Subscribe now Amali Tower in Morocco. (Photo credit: Freddie Claire). Share In this episode the executive director of Climate Refugees, Amali Tower, crosses the globe from Israel/Palestine to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands to…
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – UPPER CITY ADMINISTRATORS GET SALARY INCREASES UP TO 42%
[[{“value”:” Dionne Mack began her position as City Manager on September 3, 2024. Within a short time, she approved raises for 37 deputy city managers and department heads totaling $925,366, with an…
The Border Chronicle – Audio Feature: “La Jaula de Oro”, Trump’s ICE Raids Cast a Shadow of Fear in the Rio Grande Valley
Subscribe now Since January 2025, the Trump administration has dramatically ramped up migrant workplace raids — mobilizing ICE and Homeland Security Investigations to detain thousands of undocumented people nationwide as part of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPCC EMPLOYEE SALARIES – JUNE 2025
[[{“value”:” El Paso Community College (EPCC) is one of the five local entities that tax our properties. It was established by the voters of El Paso County in 1969. The Texas Legislature appropriated…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HANANY, MARGO, AND WILSON JOIN OUR “ETHICS HALL OF FAME”
[[{“value”:” We are pleased to announce that Leah Hanany, Dee Margo, and Joyce Wilson have been admitted to our “Ethics Hall of Fame.” This is an extraordinary achievement since only the most…
El Chuqueño Blog – El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money
Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation construction boom aimed at big-energy needs. Right now the story is behind…
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Spider”
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The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 20
Thanks to everyone who joined our live roundup this morning to discuss stories on The Border Chronicle from this week. Pablo De La Rosa joined us from the Rio Grande Valley, and…
The Border Chronicle – Murmuration: A Conversation with Kate Scott about Resistance at the Border
Subscribe now The Binational Border Happening on the Arizona-Sonora border on May 31. (Photo credit: © Kathleen Dreier) Share On May 31, I went to the U.S.-Mexico border in Lochiel, Arizona, for…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAYAVEDRA NARROWS EPISD DEFICIT TO $6M, HANANY TAKES CREDIT
[[{“value”:” Superintendent Diana Sayavedra and her team managed to narrow the EPISD budget deficit for FY 2026 from $30.6 million to $6 million by cutting spending, streamlining the administration, and closing underenrolled…