A cross-section of faith-based leaders provided a peace-filled presence between two divergent groups during competing protests last week about policing in Downtown El Paso. Faith Peace Keepers were present as several hundred protesters calling for ...
El Paso police say they fired tear gas and projectiles to break up a threatening situation at Memorial Park Sunday night, but protesters say police were responsible for the violence. More than 1,000 protesters took ...
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 ...
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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 ...