Tag Archives: El Paso
Dallas, Houston Protests Planned as Confederate Monuments Under Fire in Texas
Texas is home to 178 public memorials to the Confederacy, second only to Virginia.
After a white supremacist allegedly drove a car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville last Saturday, killing activist Heather Heyer, calls for the remov...Read More
What You Need to Know About the SB 4 Legal Battle
The first major hearing on the “sanctuary cities” ban is set for next Monday in San Antonio.
Cities and counties across Texas are standing up to the “sanctuary cities” ban, setting up a showdown with the state....Read More
Report Details How Federal Agents Violate Asylum-Seekers’ Rights in West Texas
More than 120 cases of immigrants split from their families, detained despite credible fear and denied due process and counsel are included in the report.
More than 120 cases of immigrants split from their families, detained despite credible fear and denied due process and counsel are included in the report....Read More
The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party
The El Paso congressman is a new breed of Texas maverick.
El Paso Congressman Beto O'Rourke is a new breed of Texas Maverick. ...Read More
In El Paso, Demonstrators Stress Connection Between Women’s Rights and Immigrants’ Rights
Many at the rally along the Texas-Mexico border said draconian immigration policies would fall heavily on women and children.
Many at the rally along the Texas-Mexico border said draconian immigration policies would fall heavily on women and children....Read More
El Paso County Challenges GOP Leaders’ Anti-Trans Rhetoric
Commissioners in El Paso County unanimously approved a resolution linking GOP leaders' recent statements against transgender rights to anti-LGBTQ violence....Read More
Strangest State: Prayer Drive-Thru, Hillary Hate, and Bong or Cocktail Glass?
In this edition of wild news from far-flung Texas, an El Paso man provides prayer on the go and a Lubbock man has a four-letter word for Hillary Clinton....Read More
Dispatch from the DNC: Sanders Supporters Shouldn’t Follow Stein Over Crank Cliff
Two left-of-the-left organizing events on the fringes of the DNC present a forked path: Should the alt-left organize with Dems, or go their own way?...Read More
A Sweltering Summer in Texas, Courtesy of Climate Change
A weakening El Niño, assisted by climate change, is driving scorching temperatures in Texas.
El Niño usually cools us down, but this year, climate change was stronger than the periodic weather phenomenon, scorching the west and heating up the coast....Read More