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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – Big Entertainment Projects Are Bad for El Paso
They pitch these projects as drivers of economic development, but they stifle the monetization of local culture, and tax (literally) the market’s disposable income. El Paso is poor. Here’s the skinny from…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT VOTER GUIDE FOR DECEMBER 14 RUNOFF ELECTION
[[{“value”:” The big developers and their bankers and attorneys have poured over $1 million into the campaigns of the Vendido Caucus, which consists of mayoral candidate Renard Johnson and district candidates Alejandra…
The Border Chronicle – No Borders as a Practical Political Project: A Podcast with Nandita Sharma
Subscribe now Protesters in London in May in support of refugees. (Photo by Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images). Share As the late Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano put it in his book…
The Border Chronicle – What Role Will Sheriffs Play in Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans? A Q&A with Jessica Pishko
Texas Governor Greg Abbott meets with border sheriffs about border security legislation in July 2021 at the Texas capitol in Austin. (Photo credit:Tamir Kalifa via Getty) Subscribe now As the country prepares…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Expected Environmental Catastrophe
Here’s a story (in Spanish) from La Jornada about the impending railroad accident that imperils Cd. Juarez and El Paso: El corazón del centro histórico de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, es atravesado a…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Hostile Border”
Occasionally I meet someone in downtown Juarez who has been deported from the United States who doesn’t speak Spanish, or know anyone in Mexico. Usually they tell me that they got arrested…
El Chuqueño Blog – “AlphaGo – The Movie”
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The Border Chronicle – The “Red Revenge” Tour: A Q&A with Pedro Rios about What to Expect in the Borderlands with Donald Trump
Subscribe now An open-air detention site in 2023 near San Diego. (Photo by Pedro Rios.) Share The incoming Donald Trump administration is already moving fast on border and immigration enforcement in preparation…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – “VENDIDO CAUCUS” AIMS TO CAPTURE CITY COUNCIL
[[{“value”:” During every election cycle without fail, the big developers and their bankers and attorneys select candidates for local office who claim to be fiscal conservatives that will “hold the line on…