This article was updated on December 13, 2020 at 05:30 a.m. The final unofficial results were added. There are no two ways about it, Dee Margo was summarily dismissed from office. The early voting numbers were released earlier today. The votes are clear, Margo was repudiated by El Paso voters. The reason was simple, Covid-19. […]
Posted inPress Release, The Latino Life
LULAC: Army’s Actions At Ft. Hood Affirm Vanessa Guillen’s Life
Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Calls Firings and Suspensions for Misconduct a Step Forward Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) calls today’s announcement of disciplinary actions by the U.S. Army significant and important progress towards justice as well as lasting change within the military branch that Pvt. […]
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LULAC: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Needs To Resign
Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Says Efforts Against President-Elect Biden Outside His Bounds Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Wednesday denounced a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue several battleground states Democrat Joe Biden won which added […]
Posted inOpinion
How did a General Pediatrician become the Most Powerful Force in El Paso For-Profit Healthcare?
Editor’s note: El Paso Politics is publishing this editorial as anonymous. The author is known to me and I have agreed to publish the editorial without revealing the author’s name to protect their job. I understand that there is controversy regarding the use of anonymous sources and authors on news publications and it is a […]
Posted inIdentity
To Exist
My Brown skin means fighting to be heard. My Brown skin means fighting to be seen. My Brown skin means fighting to be known. Do you hear the screams and cries of my Brown skin in cages? Or are they drowned out by the color of our faces? Did I do something wrong? Why are […]
Posted inEl Paso
Xavier Miranda Termination Update
El Paso Politics received an update from El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) teacher Xavier Miranda. As readers may remember, Miranda was facing termination from EPISD. The controversy over Miranda’s proposed termination involved Miranda’s decision to challenge the El Paso Federation of Teachers & Support Personnel (EPAFT) union’s current president, Ross Moore, for the union’s […]
Posted inEl Paso
Dee Margo Touts Amazon Center But Is It Good For El Paso
Dee Margo, who is facing a runoff election against Oscar Leeser, put out a political mailing recently that states that Margo brought Amazon to El Paso along with 700 corresponding jobs. Margo, like the Borderplex Alliance are touting the achievement of bringing Amazon to El Paso as well as the 700 promised jobs. Dee Margo […]
Posted inDrug Cartels
The Conundrum of Genaro Garcia Luna
With corruption and narco-terrorism on the rise in México in 2006, then-president Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug traffickers, mobilized the Mexican military. Calderón set out to reform the Mexican policing framework to deal with the crisis. Calderón appointed Genaro García Luna to transform the federal police into a more-professional civilian organization equipped with […]
Posted inCOVID-19
El Paso Corona Virus Loan Recipients
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) on March 27, 2020. Included in the legislation was the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that allowed the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue forgivable loans to small businesses struggling to survive the economic downturn. The SBA PPP loan […]