Debbie Nathan
By Debbie Nathan:
Essay: Ties That Bind
Driving last year into one of the poorest, most violent slums of Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican border metropolis known worldwide as “Murder City,” my taxi driver hunched over the steering wheel and gripped it tight. Read More
El Mayor vs. Los Good Old Boys
The trials of Ray Caballero
The Chihuahuan desert sky is forever deep in El Paso, and the Franklin mountains seem to lie outside time. For years, the whole place has felt as still as rocks—even though the stillness includes many things abandoned ages ago by … Read More
Movie Review
Missing the Story
…The victim, 17, was beaten to death in her parent’s homeby her boyfriend, 27. They had two children. He said he murdered her becauseshe was going to marry someone else. …The victims, ages 15 and 13, were found in the … Read More
Talking Texan: Y’alls, Drawls, and Monophthongs
Across the country, few people blink anymore when a president – or presidential hopeful – talks like a Texan. George W. Bush goes on Larry King and says that in considering U.S. military obligations, he thinks we need clear policy … Read More
A Death in the Hill Country
The Hill Country is renowned for lovely vistas, country living, and meandering tourists. There's also a darker side to the Hills.
It is hard to stay calm after seeing the baby’s autopsy photograph. Entered into evidence in a Hill Country courtroom earlier this year, it shows the infant Ramiro Pérez looking like a victim of African famine or the atrocities at … Read More
Saint Sickbed
One afternoon last month, Jo Ann King-Sinnett was looking at an anti-choice mailing that had come across her desk. As San Antonio Planned Parenthood’s director of community affairs, King-Sinnett monitors such material, particularly when it is distributed locally. On this … Read More