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El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 28: Climate, May Elections & Other

In the latest episode of The DMB Podcast, Deliris Montanez Berrios talks about her opposition to the climate charter (Proposition K) in the May 6 elections. She also talks about party retaliation and how to avoid it by making political contributions under $50. Other subjects that the podcast covers include election involvement, super PACS and […]

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El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 27: Unmuted With Claudia Rodriguez: City Manager, Arena, Climate & Max

In the latest episode of Unmuted With Claudia Rodriguez, Claudia discusses the ongoing issues with the city manager and the controversial downtown sports arena. Claudia also discusses the upcoming climate charter amendment scheduled for the May elections. Claudia also talks about Max Grossman and explains why she believes Max hurt the community. About El Paso […]

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The Restaurant Cook And CBP Informant

Author’s note: The following comes from an article in the Miami Herald by Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein titled “A hopeful odyssey reaches a dead end,” (paywall) dated November 2, 2014. Jorge Amaya, an undocumented immigrant from México and a cook at a Mexican restaurant in El Paso was sitting before an immigration judge in Miami facing […]