By Kyle Monticone On Aug. 3, 2019, Katherine “Kat” Ramirez was supposed to be sleeping in. Her niece, Savannah Applezoller, age 10 at the time, asked if she would go with her to sell aguas ...
By Joe Moody There isn’t an El Pasoan anywhere who can’t tell you where they were and how they felt on Aug. 3, 2019, after the massacre at the Cielo Vista Walmart. I was at ...
By Christina Garcia When we lift and raise our “El Paso Strong” pride, where do we leave our brothers and sisters from Mexico who were also present during the shooting in Walmart on Aug. 3? ...
By Adrian Broaddus Saturday mornings are always the same for our radio station. I’ve been an on-air cohost working for 600 ESPN El Paso for about two and a half years now. Monday to Fridays, ...
By James Revels In about 100 days, the nation will decide who will lead us through the uncertain future, represented by the next four years. For the first time, the coming elections will be held ...
By Rosemary M. Marin As our great country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and a push for racial justice continues to make headlines, common messages such as “Black and Brown” and “Tu Lucha Es Mi ...
By Roberto José Andrade Franco Ruben Salazar was born in Juárez and raised in El Paso. He graduated from El Paso High School and UTEP back when it was known as Texas Western College. During ...
By Deliris Montañez Unlike Vanessa Guillén, I’m still alive. And I wasn’t physically injured – only mentally and emotionally. But like Guillén and many other women serving in the Armed Forces, I was failed by ...
By Joaquin Moreno Recent events regarding the COVID-19 pandemic have shed light on major issues regarding disease and how it disproportionately affects specific demographics of the American population. Health inequity and the lack of access ...
By Octavio Arturo Dominguez and Brian Livingston On March 13, Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in Texas due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Shortly thereafter, defense attorneys across El Paso county began ...
By Robert Storch The proposed plan to widen Interstate 10 through Downtown El Paso is a short-sighted, billion-dollar solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Further, it is inconsistent with the city’s long-term development plan ...
By Rosemary Marin Two weeks ago, the unemployment rate in El Paso hit a historic high of 15 percent. Since COVID-19 began in our region, more than 50,000 people have filed unemployment claims, while hundreds ...
By Marcos Muñoz On Sept. 6, 1949, Jefferson High School was opened as a response to community demand for a second high school in South-Central El Paso to alleviate overcrowding at Bowie. More than 70 ...
By Grace Meng and Linda Corchado Marisa fled El Salvador in February after sustaining years of violent gender-based abuse and repeated failed attempts to seek protection by the police. Battling symptoms of post-traumatic stress, she ...
By Neal M. Rosendorf Public symbols have political power. The statues that communities erect, the flags communities fly, the names communities inscribe on their buildings, parks, playgrounds, and pools, are never lightly chosen. They are ...
Three journalists with ties to El Paso have joined the El Paso Matters team, CEO Robert Moore said. Elida S. Perez, René Kladzyk and Claudia Tristán were hired after a search that drew more than ...
By Samuel Licón Kligman As a child, I was always fascinated by my father’s stories about his upbringing in the Deep South during the 1950s and 1960s. The stories that always grabbed my attention were ...
By Rick Carlos The author became an El Paso police officer in 1981 and served for six years. He shared a patrol car with another officer, Greg Allen, who today is chief of the El ...
By Diego Carlos I’m a teacher at Coronado High School. I teach world history and U.S. government. I’ve had some profound experiences with police and policing, starting as a child. My father was an El ...
By Anna L. Peterson, University of Florida Two days after the Catholic bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz, knelt with a dozen other priests in a silent prayer for George Floyd holding a “Black Lives ...
By Jesus Ayala-Candia A plethora of articles invoke the call for immigration reform asking, “How did we get here?” and “What can be done?” Yet, what we should be asking is: Are we even capable ...
By James Revels For the past 34 years, I attempted to shine the light of awareness on the impact of bigotry and racism on the lives of black Americans. Since the 2016 elections, “bigotry surfaced ...
By Rosemary Neill A crisis is a terrible thing to waste. On the upside, it can help make our priorities clearer, relax rigid rules or regulations and give civic leaders the opportunity to be more ...
By Ruby Montana The dispositional optimist in me tends to believe that most people are inherently good and capable of reason in matters of morality, politics, and especially life and death. However, that optimism has ...
This story is republished with permission from La Verdad, an independent news organization in Ciudad Juárez. By Itzel Ramírez and Gabriela Minjáres/La Verdad On the production lines of the Regal Planta CASA maquiladora in Ciudad Juárez, where ...
By Honora Spicer Boeing Drive is the back alley parallel to Montana Avenue. Montana is the glamour of rapid transit — auto dealerships with balloons, car washes and detail services, El Paso International Airport terminal ...
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By Jim Ward My name is Jim Ward. I own a restaurant and I am angry. We know this virus is incredibly contagious and that limiting exposure is the best chance we have to keep ...
By James Revels Lost revenues by small businesses and others can be replaced by grants or loans, but human lives lost cannot. So, the rush to reopen the economy during this continuing pandemic is driven ...
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By William Serrata, Ph.D. Like community colleges across the country, El Paso Community College creates value both for students and the community. Community colleges play a vital role in helping students develop the skills necessary ...