Thomas “T.J.” Johnson’s African-American family moved to El Paso from the Midwest in the 1980s, when he was a teenager. He graduated from Andress High School and spent two years at UTEP in the early ...
At Sunday night’s massive protest against the death of George Floyd, El Paso police used tear gas against attendees, as well as a weapon many in the community had not heard of until now, much ...
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“But what about Hitler?” People often ask this when I tell them I’m totally against the death penalty. For the past year, El Pasoans who oppose capital punishment have been asking, “But what about Patrick ...