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  • “Surprise Witness”

    2026-04-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”

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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

    2026-04-23 Bob Chessey

    Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support groups, the nationwide de facto

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  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

    2026-04-22 Rich Wright

    You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live. It was on the news.

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  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

    2026-04-21 Kent Paterson

    Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is Loretta Anderson and next to

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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City of Dust – Drawbridge, California

2022-03-02 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

My Mother Was the Marshland My mother was the marshland. My father was the railroad. I was born in 1876

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Maria Victoria and Lola Beltran in “Pensión de artistas”

2022-03-01 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Belated Happy Birthday, El Paso

2022-03-01 Rich Wright Downtown, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

On February 28, 1859, Anson Mills submitted this street plat for the town that was to become El Paso. And

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Vote for David Stout

2022-03-01 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider Leave a comment

El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse political candidates. I’ve had my heart broken too many times. But this time I’m making an

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Don’t Forget to Undervote

2022-02-28 elrichiboy Elections, Politics, Slider One comment

Tomorrow is Primary Election Day. On the ballot are lots of candidates vying for lots of positions. You’ve never heard

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The Glass Wall

2022-02-27 Rich Wright Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Jess Lee Brooks – Go Down Moses

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Frontline – “The Untouchables”

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The City is Taking the Buses

2022-02-25 Rich Wright City Management, Public Transportation, Slider, The Trench, Widening I-10 6 comments

Gas is as expensive as it has been in a while, and it’s going to get dearer. Supply chain disruptions

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Friday Short – Blackbird

2022-02-25 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Sting – Russians

2022-02-24 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Imagine an El Paso Where Community Comes First”

2022-02-24 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider 4 comments

The Community First Coalition has come up with a pretty slick presentation of their goals and ideals. El Chuqueño is

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Be Careful What You Wish For

2022-02-24 Rich Wright Economic Development, Urban Planning One comment

Here’s a story from the New York Times headlined “The Next Affordable City Is Already Too Expensive.” The names are

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The Premieres – Farmer John

2022-02-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Wealth in Different Terms

2022-02-23 Rich Wright Economic Development, Urban Planning 5 comments

From TheAtlantic.com: Money and markets have been around for thousands of years. Yet as central as currency has been to

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Luis Aguilar and Javier Solis in Los tres salvajes

2022-02-22 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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“The Lure of the Rio Grande Valley” – 1927

2022-02-22 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

From the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.

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El Paso is at War

2022-02-21 Rich Wright Cesar Blanco, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

It’s a class war. The City of El Paso, and the Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports Group, have declared

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Paulette Goddard in The Unholy Four

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FRONTLINE – Poor Kids

2022-02-19 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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  • David Dunaway on We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
  • Richard Moore on We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
  • LOUIS HEAD on Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
  • F.A. Sommerfeld on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • JerryK on El Paso is Falling
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  • John G. Dungan on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • Richard Moore on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
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  • “Surprise Witness”
  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”
  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?
  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

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