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People at the hearing spoke about how El Pasoans remain on edge, wary of going shopping or taking their kids to school.

Editorial: Reckoning with El Paso

People like to believe things are getting better—but what happened in El Paso underscores just how little has changed.

by Andrea Valdez

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