By Brian Antonio Sieve, Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of El Paso. Stonewall was a riot! It was led by gender Queer people of color in response to police abuse and harassment. Bricks were thrown, fires were set, and property was destroyed in the uprising to gain liberation for the lives of what we would […]
Posted inTechnology
Hispanic SpaceX Space Suits
In 2016, Elon Musk selected Jose Fernandez to create the space suits used in the Dragon capsule that docked with the ISS on Sunday. The Dragon launch is the first American manned space launch in almost a decade. It signal’s America’s return to space. Whenever space travel and Mexicans are mentioned in one sentence many […]
Posted inCulture, EPCC, Health, LGBTIQ, Pride
Celebrate Pride Virtually!
Make plans to attend El Paso Community College’s Virtual Celebration of “Pride Out and About: LGBTQ Life on the Border,” from June 8th at 7 PM to Jun 13th at 9 PM. Celebrate Pride Week Virtually! Hear Coming Out Stories, Drag Queens Shows, Health & Resources, Ally Day and Karaoke and a Discussion Panel (see […]
Posted inCOVID-19, El Paso, LGBTIQ, Pride
Updated: How Do We Celebrate Pride in the Time of Black Lives Matter and COVID-19?
I have teamed up with my colleague Diana Martinez to invite articles in celebration of El Paso Pride Month. This year Pride takes an even more important reason amid the new Civil Rights period in support of Black Lives Matter Movement. In this time at El Paso News, we invited various individuals to submit articles […]
Posted inBloggers, Community News, El Paso, History, National News, Politics
Another AMENDMENT to the UPDATE of The revolution came to my front door
Another amendment: The more I read articles and see photographs from the continued demonstrations of protest of the asphyxiation and other killings, I feel compelled to amend my hopeful writing below. Sadly, the effort to completely dominate our community and discouragement, if not suppression, of our rights to assemble and seek redress includes all the […]
Posted inPolitics
Riots: Either Everyone Is An America, or No One Is
Many are shocked with what is happening in America today. Maybe it is because of the realization that 100,000 Americans are dead due to Covid-19 the latest American divide scares many Americans. It should, but it isn’t new. The riots are a manifestation of America’s dirty secret. The secret that not all Americans are equal. […]
Posted inFemicides, Juarez, Mexico
“Forgotten: Women of Juarez” Podcast Launches On iHeartRadio on June 1, 2020
“Forgotten: Women of Juarez,” recounts the murders of women on the U.S./Mexican border. The new podcast will premiere on June 1st. There have been numerous books, films and news and magazine articles on the topic since the 1990s. Murders of women continue to this day. The news release for the series states: This series […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
Latinos in El Paso at Risk from COVID-19
According to data from the Department of State Health Services, as of May 28, the state of Texas has 59,776 confirmed positive cases and 1,601 deaths due to COVID-19. Texas has the eighth highest number of cases in the country. El Paso has 2,569 positive confirmed cases and 72 deaths; El Paso ranks number five […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
Health Disparities and the Coronavirus and Why This Matters for El Pasoans
by Carina Cione, Deziree Jackson, Abby Ferdinando, Jhamiel Prince, Sarah McCarthy, Ernesto Castañeda, and Emma Vetter Image from Salud America IHPR at UTSA. The coronavirus pandemic has been racialized since its emergence in the United States with some leading political figures, including the President, referring to it as the “Chinese virus.” The conversation thus far […]