El Paso, like the rest of the United States and much of the world, is deeply imprinted with a legacy of racist ideology. Long before a white supremacist marched into a Walmart to massacre innocent ...
“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 ...
The Feb. 7 90-count federal indictment in the Walmart shooting will inject a new issue into the race to succeed El Paso District Attorney Jaime Esparza. The federal indictment accuses the alleged gunman with hate ...
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By Luis Miranda The history of white supremacy that stains our region can be traced as far back as the first Spanish explorers who “discovered” the valley, which saved their lives as they were dangerously ...