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 Paso is all about the latest trends, isn’t it. “Oh, it’s just about inclusion,” they’ll say. No, it is not. “Winterfest” – a […]
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How We Kept Los Lagartos at La Plaza de Los Lagartos
By Miguel Juárez On April 1, 2016 in Chucopedia, a Facebook page, someone posted an announcement of the reopening of San Jacinto Plaza in El Paso, Texas. Social media abounded whether it was a hoax or not, yet one thing is for sure, the redesign was a process of community involvement from 2008 to 2011 […]
Posted inBloggers, Chican@, Chicana, Chicano, Community News, Crime and Police, GLBTIQ, Latin@s, LGBTIQ, LGBTQQ2SIAA+, Mexican-American, PFLAG, The Latino Life
The Art of Resistance: EP JO-TX
“Black trans women were at the forefront of queer liberation,” says Joshua Enrique Lerma co-designer of EP JOTX, a new queer grassroots movement created with collaborator Pico del Hierro-Villa. Pride was rooted in activism and creating an alternative queer space in El Paso to discuss borderland LGBTQIA+ issues became a priority for Joshua and Pico […]
Posted inReject Newman 6
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
El Paso, TX- On Monday, September 21, 2020 Sunrise El Paso and local climate action advocacy groups invite the press and public to a COVID-safe demonstration to oppose the proposed “Newman 6” 228 MW fracked-gas plant in El Paso at 5:30 pm at San Jacinto Plaza, 114 W Mills Ave, El Paso, TX 79901. Speakers […]
Posted inEl Paso
The First Undocumented Immigrants Built El Paso
Because of the railroad expansion across the nation, in 1881 El Paso grew from a small town – a stop along the way to the west – into a regional transportation hub. Its predominant Mexican American demography started to diversify. Because of the railroad, El Paso’s economy grew significantly resulting in immigrants settling in the […]
Posted inCultural Whitewashing
El Paso’s First Progressive Politics: Prostitution As An Economic Driver
Before El Paso became known as the Sun City it was known as Sin City. The reason was because alcohol, gambling and prostitution filled the city’s coffers. But Sin City held an uglier truth that many in El Paso will refuse to accept or just simply ignore – that the debate over paid sex was […]
Posted inPolitics
Paid Protestors in El Paso Today
As you know, I oppose Donald Trump’s administration because of the hate he has expressed towards Mexicans. However, there is a difference between protesting to point out an issue and being paid to protest. Protesting is supposed to be about expressing your opinion on a subject matter out of concern for the issue and not […]
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Court Says No to Sports Arena, But is it Dead
Yesterday, Judge Amy Clark Meachum of Travis County delivered a blow to the proponents of a sports arena for downtown who had intended to use the 2012 bond money for a multi-purpose performing arts center that the voters had voted on in 2012, or so some believe. The City of El Paso had sought a […]
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O’Rourke and Margo and the Culture of Corruption
I have written numerous times about the culture of corruption that permeates through El Paso. It is a mindset that embraces corruption and discourages honesty in business and in politics. As I have written previously, the El Paso economy is fully dependent on government largess. As such, there is no incentive for honest politics in […]
Posted inFort Worth ISD, Hispanic Representation
A Short History of the Struggle by Hispanics for Representation at the Fort Worth Independent School District Board of Education
by Fernando Florez, September 1, 2021 What happened following the end of the Texas Revolution in 1836 when Anglos and Tejanos defeated Mexico has been recounted to many of us with deep Texas roots mainly by word of mouth through generations. Emigrants from the United States swarmed into the state and became the majority and dominant […]
