by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in
Leave It to the D.A.
Here’s one of those stories from the El Paso Times that made the front page of the dead tree edition
Retrovision: El Paso Police Are Taser Happy and the El Paso Times Doesn’t Want You to Know It
This story originally appeared on 8 December 2022. Here’s a few paragraphs from Wednesday’s dead tree front page story of
Another Mental Health Crisis Homicide at the Hands of EPPD
The El Paso Police Department has a thing for killing people having mental health crises. Check out this latest body-cam
An Economic Forecast
Here’s part of an editorial from El Diario de Juarez:1 Ayer informamos que, a tasa mensual, la producción de la
The Purge is Coming
Here’s a video about McAllen, Texas. El Paso might not be next, but it’s on the list.
King David
From up above, from a rooftop, or an upper window, they could be dancing. The hip hop thumps from the
Retrovision: Billares El Cid
This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in
We Don’t Need No Stinking Ethics
Isn’t it a violation of the City’s ethics rules for Mayor Renard Johnson to support the deck park when he
The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez
Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If
What Redistricting Means to El Paso
From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map.
Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote
Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as
