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 […]
Bernie Sanders Is Not A Friend to Immigrants
El Paso Is Not Immigrant Friendly
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 […]
Degenerate Art in the Time of Facebook
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 […]
How El Paso Became The County Seat & Ft. Bliss Was Reopened
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 […]
El Paso Matters and Why The Money Matters
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 […]
Two poems on child detention at the Border and la cultura fronteriza
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 […]
Medusa Is My Avatar
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 […]
Donna Snyder joins El Paso News
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 […]
A Critical Review of Who Rules El Paso?
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 […]
El Paso Veterans Needs Assessment
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 […]
