Two recent articles on ElPasoMatters.com portray El Paso as a low-tax city. Here’s a snippet from one of the pieces: To understand the impact of
La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La
Roaming Free in Mexico: How Will the Wolf Survive?
By Kent Paterson A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back
Beasts of Burden
by Rich Wright He wears a pistol on his ankle and carries a condom in his billfold. He never uses
The Great Trumpini
From a July 12, 2025 article at APNews.com: President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and
July 12 Border Policy Protest Planned for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
By Kent Paterson Under the slogan “Humanize Don’t Militarize,” New Mexico and Texas activists intend to put their constitutional rights
Dystopia, USA
Imagine masked U.S. government agents kidnapping people off the street and sending them to concentration camps. Dystopian fiction? Nah. It’s
Immigration and Detention Witness
by Xavier Miranda I spent the morning of Friday, June 20, at the U. S. Courthouse in downtown El Paso,
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