On Friday, June 25, 2021, California congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Escuadrón 201. The Mexican Expeditionary Air Force Squadron 201 fought in the Pacific during World War II. “The Congressional Gold Medal is reserved only for those who have made significant contributions to our nation, and […]
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Texas Attorney General Accepts Children’s Assertion On Open Records
This publication has been attempting to have the Texas Attorney General rule that the El Paso Children’s Hospital is subject to the Texas Public Information Act since April. It is our position that the El Paso Children’s Hospital is a government funded operation that makes it subject to the Texas Public Information Act. The children’s […]
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Lily Limon To Meet With Police Over Alleged Assault Charge
As we reported as breaking news on El Paso Digest on Thursday night, Lily Limón was contacted by an El Paso Police Department detective over an alleged assault. Readers may remember our report of June 21, reporting that El Paso Democratic Party Chair, Dora Oaxaca alleged on KVIA that she was assaulted by Lily Limón […]
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EndoMuekaNisms means “Indoor Mechanisms,” Artist La Mueka
By Miguel Juárez Continuing with our series and in celebration of Pride Month we are focusing on LGBTQ Artists and their Allies. Due to the pandemic, working-class creatives work was also affected, today we are focusing on the art La Mueka and we asked her the questions as we did for two previous artists we […]
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Yearning for Familia with Layers of Uncertainties
By Maria R. Perez, MSSW Genealogy is an ancient study of family descent and history. With the advent of technology and science, research within genealogy has become both a complex, yet simple process that depends on archived and historical records, including genetic analysis to demonstrate kinship. Other useful resources include family stories and photographs, as […]
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Dora Oaxaca Alleged Assault And Political Whisper Campaigns
On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Carl Robinson held a campaign reelection announcement at the Mesa Street Bar & Grill. It was by invitation only. Democratic Party Chairwoman Dora Oaxaca was not invited. Nonetheless she went to the event with Isela Castañon-Williams. Williams was involved in the El Paso School District (EPISD) cheating scandal and Oaxaca […]
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The Community Problem Of Media Censorship
El Paso is the second most expensive large city in the nation for property taxes, according to Roofstock, an Oakland-based online rental property marketplace. According to Roofstock, El Pasoans pay an effective property tax rate of 2.13%, second only to Milwaukee. Roofstock used Census Bureau data to reach its conclusions. [1] Historical preservationist Max Grossman, […]
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Who Benefits From Chucopedia’s Censorship?
In this next article in the series, who speaks for El Paso? we continue exploring how the community is manipulated into accepting the status quo using Chucopedia and Debbie Nathan’s reporting as the example. As we outlined in the previous articles there is a concerted effort to censor El Paso Politics. Although it may seem […]
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What Got Us Here? The Chucopedia Example of Censorship
In this next article in the series, who speaks for El Paso? we will continue to explore how the community is manipulated into accepting the status quo by using Chucopedia as the example. Censorship is insidious in that its application isn’t often practiced out in the open. Consider the recent example of our article about […]