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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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Sunday Matinee – Otto Preminger’s Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Carl Jackson and Val Storey – Little Mountain Church

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Saturday Matinee – In the Shadow of 9/11

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You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program

2021-08-14 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Insight Crime profiling “the most important newer criminal actors in Mexico.” La Línea began life as

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Friday Short – Hyperuranios

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The Count is Out

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The census data for the County of El Paso has been released, and it’s screwy. In the data headed Population

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Why Your Taxes Are So High

2021-08-13 elrichiboy Alexsandra Annello, Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Isabel Salcido, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

El Paso has the highest residential property tax rates in the country. Our elected officials used to say that was

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Election Rumors

2021-08-11 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider 2 comments

Believe it or not, election season is right around the corner. Lots of local offices are up for grabs in

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Drive By Truckers – Gravity’s Gone

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“We Must Not Go Back to Normal”

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Sunday Matinee – Suddenly

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Sturgill Simpson – All Around You

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David Cross – Why American Sucks at Everything

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Saturday Matinee – Ruby Ridge

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Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra – Real Good Lie

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Sunday Matinee – The Big Sleep

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Zach Williams with Dolly Parton – There was Jesus

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Saturday Matinee – The Meth Epidemic

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Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

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Friday Short – The Shaman

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  • “Surprise Witness”
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  • 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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