By Kent PatersonPhotos by Kent Paterson Cemelli de Aztlan speaks at La Mujer Obrera before the toxic tour For years, residents of El Paso’s south-central Chamizal area have waged battles against pollution…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – “Chicago Confidential”
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El Chuqueño Blog – “Surviving in India’s Manufacturing Slums”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ALAN SERNA, CANDIDATE FOR CITY DISTRICT 7, IS “ASHAMED AND APPALLED” AN ARENA WILL NOT BE BUILT IN DURANGUITO
[[{“value”:” Alan Serna is a candidate for City District 7 and has raised and and spent far less than his three opponents. His only major donor was Steve Ortega, who wrote him…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAYOR LEESER ON THE ARENA: THE VOTERS “WERE LIED TO, THEY WERE MISLED”
[[{“value”:” Now is our chance to put this nefarious boondoggle out of its misery. Vote YES on Special Election, Proposition A: “To cancel the City’s authority to issue the remaining $128,455,636 in…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – KENNEDY SAYS “FACTUAL INFORMATION BEING SKEWED, IGNORED OR OMITTED FROM STORIES IS UNACCEPTABLE”
[[{“value”:” Hello City Rep. Kennedy: I am writing to ask you some questions about two current reports by El Paso Matters on your and Renard Johnson’s campaigns for Mayor: 1. The title…
El Chuqueño Blog – “THE DANGERS OF BIG MONEY IN EL PASO ELECTIONS: Is the Mayor’s office for sale?”
Here’s a Press Release from the Community First Coalition, announcing a Press Conference Monday, November 4, at 11 am outside, in front of County Courthouse. In El Paso´s city elections, big-money donors have…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – IVAN NIÑO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATED WHILE EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY
[[{“value”:” Ivan Niño is the Administrative Support Associate of City Rep. Isabel Salcido of District 5 and is paid $71,040 to manage her office and take phone calls. Now the 33-year-old is…
El Chuqueño Blog – Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday
This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be the traditional day for bullfights. Ernest Hemingway never went to a bullfight…
The Border Chronicle – The Election and the Future of the Wall
Subscribe now The following piece was done in collaboration with Zócalo Public Square, an online platform that publishes essays on a variety of topics and whose mission is to connect people to…