Bernie Sanders was in El Paso this past weekend trying to rally further support for his nomination for the Democrat ticket. Like El Paso, Sanders talks about supporting the immigration plight when looking for votes. But when it mattered, Bernie Sanders voted against immigration reform. In 2007, a Republican president, George W. Bush, signaled to… Read More Bernie Sanders Is Not A Friend to Immigrants
There continues to be this false notion that El Paso is immigrant friendly. It is not. As readers may know, Donald Trump has tasked the Border Patrol to deport as many undocumented immigrants as quickly as possible. Trump has also declared war on “sanctuary cities.” Guess which city is not targeted by Trump? That would… Read More El Paso Is Not Immigrant Friendly
The El Paso News is committed to freedom of expression. Such venues as this blog are more important today than they were just a few years ago, as social networking platforms become more censorious than a small town’s watchdogs on the contents of libraries. Around 3:00 am, a fit of insomnia had me hanging… Read More Degenerate Art in the Time of Facebook
American history usually glosses over many historical details especially when it does not fit the Anglo-centric worldview of what is real. The issue of Duranguito and the ongoing de-Mexicanization of El Paso is not new. Rather it has been ongoing since Texas revolted from México. Most El Paso residents do not know, or have forgotten… Read More How El Paso Became The County Seat & Ft. Bliss Was Reopened
As readers may have noted, former El Paso Times editor, Robert Moore launched his El Paso Matters news site on Monday. Moore has been raising money for his venture since about April of 2019 through the El Paso Community Foundation. The business model that Moore is using is based on the idea that rather than… Read More El Paso Matters and Why The Money Matters
On Sunday May 12, 2019 I was honored to present these two poems at the El Paso Mother’s Day Rally to End Family Separation and Child Detention. Donna Snyder Tornillo Life is short for children detained in cages. Just like livestock was one ill-considered defense. Children housed in tents under a fierce desert sun, small… Read More Two poems on child detention at the Border and la cultura fronteriza
Medusa on BigTree, MoonCourt, Blue Mountains – Photo by Glenys Livingstone Medusa is my avatar Her moon mouth opened in a scream, whether in agony or passion is hard to discern. The stone face is pocked with marks caused by the process of becoming. Brows writhe in rhythm with the mass of unbrushed hair. This… Read More Medusa Is My Avatar
Donna Snyder was recently invited to be a contributor to the El Paso News. She founded the Tumblewords Project in 1995 and continues to organize its free weekly workshops and other literary events in the borderlands around El Paso, Texas. Snyder formerly worked as an activist attorney representing indigenous people, people with disabilities, and immigrant workers,… Read More Donna Snyder joins El Paso News
Who Rules El Paso? has recently been making the rounds through social media as the primer on El Paso political power, namely arguing that money buys control of the city. Unfortunately, the book glosses over many important details, leaves many out and offers little to no concrete facts from which to prove their central thesis.… Read More A Critical Review of Who Rules El Paso?
Last Saturday I attended a meeting at the Veterans One Stop Shop where a group of Veterans met to discuss a Survey Assessing the needs of the El Paso Veterans. El Paso City/County partnered with Combined Arms Houston, UT Austin and Endeavors Cohen Family Clinic created this survey which went live February 5th. Myself and… Read More El Paso Veterans Needs Assessment
