By Georgina C. Perez As a little girl living out of a duffel bag, schools were one of the few stable environments I could rely on. When I got older, the fact that there were ...
By Rabbi Levi Greenberg Liberty is the core of American life. Patrick Henry’s dramatic speech at the Second Virginia Convention which concluded with, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” is widely credited for setting ...
By Claudia Hernández/Borderless Magazine On a warm February afternoon, Susana Coreas stands outside the door of Casa de Colores in Ciudad Juárez holding a phone in one hand and a 50 peso bill in the ...
By Diego Carlos, Kathy Staudt, and Aaron Waggoner Public education is one of America’s most enduring investments in itself, a keystone for our country’s development. In Texas, it was considered so essential that taxpayer funded, universally ...
By David Marcus I recently realized my mornings have become relatively calm and so much happier. I get up early to read my online subscriptions to the Washington Post, New York Times, the New Yorker, ...
Javier Gutierrez, 48, was discharged from El Paso’s University Medical Center on Wednesday, 133 days after being admitted for treatment of COVID-19. He is going to a rehabilitation hospital initially before heading home. His wife, ...
By Luis Enrique Miranda A few weeks ago, the polar vortex was still terrorizing millions of people across the American South and Mexico’s northern states. During this time, I was in contact with many friends ...
By James Revels When COVID-19 arrived last year, the previous administration had no plans to combat it, because they ignored scientific warnings and advice. As a result, the nation struggled to combat this deadly virus. ...
By Jesus Ayala-Candia It’s been over a month President Joe Biden first entered the hallowed halls of the White House, ushering a new era of reforms throughout America. His initial orders included a temporary halt ...
By Robert Storch The failure of local leaders to adopt a comprehensive strategy for implementing long-range urban plans will result in permanent damage to the quality of life in Downtown El Paso and surrounding neighborhoods. ...
By Isabela Baca When talking about teen dating violence, I keep hearing statements like “It’s normal, everyone does it” and “It’s a new generation, don’t be too reserved.” However, I believe it is important to ...
By Sandra Nevárez García One in three! This is the number of youth, throughout the United States, who experience physical, sexual, and emotional abuse while in a dating relationship. These abusive relationships often are unseen ...
By JJ Martinez I wish that it were possible to write a proper rebuttal to Ryan James Solis’ essay “The ethics of prisoner vaccination.” As El Paso continues to struggle with COVID-19 and the disparities ...
I feel fortunate to be among the El Pasoans who have received both the COVID-19 vaccines. But the process being used by the city at its vaccination hub near the airport is deeply flawed and ...
By Kaitlyn Urenda-Culpepper Gov. Greg Abbott helped provide emergency medical care for Erika Calderon of McAllen after her 14-year-old son Emilian Sosa was forced to beg for her life in a letter to the governor ...
By David Marcus The 2020 election shattered all previous records as Americans on both sides of the aisle, fulfilling their civic duty, went out and voted in record numbers by the end of Election Day ...
By James Revels February is Black History Month, a time that allows us the opportunity to reflect on the achievements of a significant portion of our population, who entered the American melting pot from the ...
By Susan M. Redford Every day, all 254 Texas counties deliver essential taxpayer services vital to the lives of 29 million Texans. They build and maintain roads and bridges, protect the public’s safety and health, ...
Story by Rocio Gallegos/La Verdad Photographs by Alicia Fernandez Republished with permission. See the original Spanish version of the story here. Every time her petition for asylum in the United States is extended, Yaneth Blanco ...
By David C. Stout This week, our lawmakers in Austin gaveled in another legislative session, a 140-day event certain to be even more unpredictable because of the pandemic. However, counties and cities across Texas can ...
By the Rt. Rev. Michael Hunn Part of my job as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, a diocese of the Episcopal Church consisting of the state of New Mexico and Far ...
By Rep. Joe Moody Yesterday saw the very foundations of our representative government shaken by naked fascism. Let me first say what needs to be echoed by every patriot in a position of public trust: ...
By Rabbi Stephen Leon There is a huge secret which lives in our unique city of El Paso. Most of our residents are unaware of it and yet this secret has had an impact on ...
By Minerva Morales Minerva Morales’ son, Daniel Morales, was an El Paso nurse who died of COVID-19 on Aug. 4, 17 days before his 40th birthday. He left behind a wife and four children, and ...
By David C. Stout As our nation transitions, we need to pursue ways for Americans to become united again. An El Paso history lesson provides a way forward for the healing our nation needs. Marcelino ...
By Rabbi Levi Greenberg Often in conversation nowadays people share with me that — although they continue following social distancing guidelines and all — they are emotionally done with this virus. The constant disruption of ...
Students at UTEP will present their documentary photography projects to the public virtually on Wednesday evening. Working all semester, students in Corrie Boudreaux’s digital photography class visually documented the impact of the pandemic in the ...
By Rabbi Levi Greenberg A friend confided in me that Thanksgiving this year will be dreadful as he won’t be celebrating with family back east. I hear this sentiment from so many here in town ...
By Anna Aleman The world’s oldest and largest mega event, the World Expo, will be hosted for the first time in the Middle East. El Paso is one of 28 cities across the United States ...
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By Rev. Phil Ley For the past several weeks, national attention has been focused on what is occurring at our southern border. The humanitarian crisis unfolding there is of particular interest to me because I ...