Imagine masked U.S. government agents kidnapping people off the street and sending them to concentration camps. Dystopian fiction? Nah. It’s
Author: Rich Wright
Watching the Watchers
I told you about the Torre Centinela that’s going up in downtown Juarez. Well, Juarez isn’t the only city in
EPEC’s Rate Increase
In this ElPasoMatters.com post, Diego Mendoza-Myers writes about EPEC’s plans to build out its system and what that means for
El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money
Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation
“The First Livestreamed Genocide”
From AlJazeera.com: The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit’s feature documentary GAZA exposes Israeli war crimes through the use of videos and photographs posted
I Don’t Like Bullies
On Wednesday, CBSNews.com reported that President Trump said “They [Iran] were bullies. They were schoolyard bullies, and now they’re not
Commercial Traffic at the Bridge of the Americas
Mexican business leaders want to keep truck traffic on the Free Bridge, despite the United States General Services Administration’s decision
Dead People
I am of an age where I know lots of dead people. Some, of course, have been dead for a
El Paso is a Small Town
Today’s front page headline of the dead tree edition of our English almost-daily newspaper is “Five new restaurants to try
El Paso 23rd Biggest City in the U.S.?
From ElPasoMatters.org: The population in El Paso’s city limits grew by 150 people between 2023 and 2024, continuing a decade-long
CRRUA Update: State of New Mexico Sues
From SourceNM.com: New Mexico’s environment department on Wednesday announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Camino Real Regional Utility
The New Hypernormalization
From TheGuardian.com: First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes
No Mas La Puntita
From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council voted eight to zero to pass a resolution authorizing the submission of an application
Gallium in Round Top Mountain
From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of
The Apartment
by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his
Blow, Wind, Blow
From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said
The New Soccer Stadium
From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de
About the Deck Park
by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have
Elephant March
by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and
Transparency, Chuco-style
Can you believe that 6 of our 8 City Representatives voted against citizen oversight of bond expenditures? From Adam Powell