Voices of the Atsihem
By Tonio LeFebre For the Atsihem of the Rio Grande Valley of Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, our struggle to retain cultural identity and linguistic distinction has been a centuries-long […]
LULAC Calls For A Full Federal Probe Into The Beheading Of A Ft. Bragg Latino Army Specialist While Camping With Seven Other Soldiers
Nation’s Largest and Oldest Latino Civil Rights Organization Urges the FBI and Department of Justice To Enter the Case and Pushes for Doubling the Reward to $100,000 In the Gruesome Decapitation and […]
Bowie High School Walkout—1969 Revisited 2
by Alfredo Rangel and María Eugenia Trillo, December, 2021 On Sept. 2-3, 2022, Bowie High School students will commemorate 100 years of the school’s existence. Those attending might remember the walkout of […]
Three persons assaulted across from Pride Square in Downtown El Paso on December 25th (developing story).
By Miguel Juarez, Editor, El Paso News A post recently went out on Instagram stating: “Warning!! Graphic content” and it had an image of a badly bruised man in his hospital bed […]
This “Winterfest” thing at San Jacinto Plaza
By Alberto Rivas This “Winterfest” thing at San Jacinto Plaza – well, let’s just call it what it is, an attack on Christmas. It’s the social trend these days: wokeism, and El […]
Elvira ‘Vila’ Villa Escajeda, Champion of Residents in Landmark Chamizal Dispute, Dies at 102
By Alana de Hinojosa Elvira ‘Vila’ Villa Escajeda, who founded the Chamizal Civic Association and successfully mobilized the barrios condemned by the 1964 Chamizal Treaty, died on Sunday at her home in […]
One person’s take on the New Year!
Taking 2022 Head on! My goals for 2022: Finalize retirement planning. That means disengaging from my last community activity, travelling the USA and Europe (C-19 permitting), completing my writing projects, participating in […]
Luis Jimenez : A Master of Borderland Art
By Ricardo Romo, Ph.D. Originally published on Dec 27, 2021 Luis Jimenez represents one of the premier sculptors and painters of the new Latino art generation. Rudolfo Anaya, the highly acclaimed New […]
Gaspar Enriquez: Borderland Artist
by Ricardo Romo, PhD (originally published in Latinos in America, August 2, 2021) Gaspar Enriquez’ recent inclusion in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC boosted his already […]
Remembering, 80 Years After
12-07-2021 Remembering – refelctions of an old soldier. The early morning doldrums that I am now accustomed to slowed me down to a crawl this morning. Waking up late to a dry, […]
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