Posted inEl Paso, Home_Builders
Press Release: Brand New, $200,000 El Paso Home to Be Given Away in June
Happy Tuesday! I hope this email finds you well. I’m writing on behalf of ICON Custom Home Builder, and want to share some great news! ICON Custom Homes is giving away another home to a deserving El Paso family in need and we need your help to get the word out to families in our […]
Posted inPolitics
The Incompetence of Donald Trump Through The Covid-19 Numbers
To fully understand how incompetent the Donald J. Trump administration has been in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic one needs to look at the cold hard numbers of death. The problem is not that the pandemic was unexpected. Every country has had to deal with it. The problem is not the growing numbers of unemployment […]
Posted inPolitics
The Trump Immigration Problem and The American Way of Life
As many readers likely know, Donald Trump uses the immigration debacle and immigrants as fodder for his political base. The Trump base hears immigrants are bad and that Trump has closed the borders. The reality is that Donald Trump is relying on immigrants to get the country back on track after the pandemic ends. Most […]
Posted inCARES_Act, Community News, COVID-19, Eviction, Rent
Evictions: What happens if you have not been able to pay your rent during the pandemic? (Updated)
By Verónica Carbajal Beginning in March, a number of orders were passed to protect tenants from becoming homeless during the pandemic. Some of those orders have expired. Below is an explanation of the eviction process during the pandemic. Evictions Self-help evictions are not allowed in Texas, even if you only have a verbal agreement to […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
Eulogy for my Uncle
By Roberto José Andrade Franco My uncle made a mess of himself while trying to live clean. It wasn’t the first time that week he’d made a mess and it was far from the first time in his life he had tried to get clean. On that day, he immediately jumped in the shower. […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
Political Revenge
Most high school students study the works of Edgar Allan Poe in their Junior English class. Macabre tales like “The Cask of Amontillado” and poems like “The Raven” are well known Poe writings that are essential readings in American literature. There are, however, some lesser known short stories by Poe that are worth looking up because […]
Posted inAugust 3rd, El Paso
A Compelling Dialogue on Charlie Minn’s New Film on the Walmart August 3rd Massacre: “915”
By Dr. Miguel Juárez Both Governor Greg Abbott and Filmmaker Charlie Minn seem to think that we will all be going back to our previous lives by October 2020. In Minn’s case, he seems to think that we will be able to attend his week-long October 9th film screening on the Walmart shooting at Premiere […]
Posted inPoetry
strange days, these are
By Miguel Juárez contesting emotions the haze of uncertainty dogs run free against blue sky measured steps, chosen words she cried unknown tears said because it wasn’t love but some intense passion dogs run free against blue sky expectations in the dance like an insect caught in sweet amber the harder he tries to break […]