Read: Read More
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RENARD LOVES CASSANDRA
[[{“value”:” Mayoral candidate Renard Johnson, whose brother and former business partner was federally indicted in a $3 million Ponzi scheme, has repeatedly promised he will lower our property tax even though he plans…
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle Postelection Podcast
Subscribe now Thomas Homan on the border in San Ysidro, California in 2018 when he was deputy director of ICE. The incoming Trump administration appointed him “border czar” earlier this month. (Photo…
El Chuqueño Blog – “And Then There Were None”
Read: Read More
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…