El Chuqueño

The Looming Immigration Policy

2025-01-10 Xavier Miranda

by Xavier Miranda As we approach a second Trump presidential term, it is vital we educate ourselves on looming immigration policy that must be called

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The Most Bilingual City in America

2025-01-06 elrichiboy

According to this story on Preply.com, El Paso is the most bilingual city in America: The ability to speak more than one language can come

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The Water Crisis in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa One Year Later, Part One: Residents Seek Stricter Federal Oversight of Water Utility

2025-01-03 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Lawyers for residents of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa have requested stepped up oversight of a publicly-owned water utility from the U.S.

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A Letter From David Saucedo

2024-12-19 David Saucedo

Friends, On December 9, my legal team filed a brief in response to the El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) motion to dismiss by asserting a

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The Obscene Entitlement of Cassandra Hernandez

2024-12-18 Rich Wright

You’ve read the news. From ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’s husband was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after allegedly threatening to kill

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Bernie Sanders on the Military Budget

2024-12-16 elrichiboy

From TheGuardian.com: Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured and 21.5m households

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In Unprecedented Event, Juárez’s City Government Honors Dirty War Relatives and Survivors

2024-12-14 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Standing at the entrance to Ciudad Juárez’s old city hall, Judith Galarza recalled the days of yore when activists like herself were

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Schuster and Stanton: The Consequences of Incompetence

2024-12-09 elrichiboy

Have you driven down Schuster lately? From Stanton to Brown Schuster has a new bike lane. The City has eliminated one of the eastbound lanes

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Sniper Drones Coming Soon!

2024-12-05 Rich Wright

Here’s a story from NPR: The quadcopter is what many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip call a small sniper drone with a gun attached that

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Local Democrats have lost their way.

2024-12-02 Rich Wright

Prominent Democrats in El Paso have endorsed Renard Johnson in the race for El Paso mayor. Mr. Johnson is also supported by Project Red TX,

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Big Entertainment Projects Are Bad for El Paso

2024-11-22 Rich Wright

They pitch these projects as drivers of economic development, but they stifle the monetization of local culture, and tax (literally) the market’s disposable income. El

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The Expected Environmental Catastrophe

2024-11-17 Rich Wright

Here’s a story (in Spanish) from La Jornada about the impending railroad accident that imperils Cd. Juarez and El Paso: El corazón del centro histórico

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In Defense of Flea Markets

2012-04-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Admittedly, they could have come up with a better name for the flea market. Over the past decade, various