- Health Care an Alternative Plan
- As Congress prepares to make history in regards to healthcare reform, there is still debate as to whether the plans they have for us will not only benefit us in regards to providing proper care for the residents of the United States, but will cost us financially for years to come.
- Press Release: Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition Leads Effort to Prevent Quarrying Next to Franklin Mountains State Park
- The Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition is leading efforts to prevent quarrying next to the Tom Mays Unit of the Franklin Mountains State Park just north of Transmountain Road and west of I-10.
- Preserve the American Story with the DREAM Act
- The students affected by the DREAM Act have not committed a crime against our country, as some will argue. They are simply the children of illegal immigrants. They know no home other than the United States. It is time we embrace them rather than act as if they did not exist.
- Gay Marriage Loses Again – But Why?
- So why can’t Americans who love their gay inundated TV and media vote to give them the right to get married? It seems like we’ve accepted their lifestyle enough to have it displayed in our living room, so what’s the big deal if they “make it official?”
- Letter to Congressman Silvestre Reyes
- Listen to your constituents and the American people; we urge you not to support House bill H.R. 3962.
- Lion’s Den: Rep. Chavez Out; Former Tigua Governor In?
- Over the last few days Representative Norma Chavez has started to sound more and more like she's leaning towards not running for the seat to be vacated by Senator Eliot Shapleigh. The rumors about her decision to stay put in her current seat started when word of poll results started to leak.
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Health Care an Alternative Plan
Posted on November 23, 2009
As Congress prepares to make history in regards to healthcare reform, there is still debate as to whether the plans they have for us will not only benefit us in regards to providing proper care for the residents of the United States, but will cost us financially for years to come.
Press Release: Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition Leads Effort to Prevent Quarrying Next to Franklin Mountains State Park
Posted on November 17, 2009
The Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition is leading efforts to prevent quarrying next to the Tom Mays Unit of the Franklin Mountains State Park just north of Transmountain Road and west of I-10.
Preserve the American Story with the DREAM Act
Posted on November 9, 2009
The students affected by the DREAM Act have not committed a crime against our country, as some will argue. They are simply the children of illegal immigrants. They know no home other than the United States. It is time we embrace them rather than act as if they did not exist.
Gay Marriage Loses Again – But Why?
Posted on November 5, 2009
So why can’t Americans who love their gay inundated TV and media vote to give them the right to get married? It seems like we’ve accepted their lifestyle enough to have it displayed in our living room, so what’s the big deal if they “make it official?”
Letter to Congressman Silvestre Reyes
Posted on November 5, 2009
Listen to your constituents and the American people; we urge you not to support House bill H.R. 3962.
Lion’s Den: Rep. Chavez Out; Former Tigua Governor In?
Posted on November 4, 2009
Over the last few days Representative Norma Chavez has started to sound more and more like she's leaning towards not running for the seat to be vacated by Senator Eliot Shapleigh. The rumors about her decision to stay put in her current seat started when word of poll results started to leak.
Defending Property
Posted on November 2, 2009
If there was ever a duty to protect anyone’s rights, it would be the duty to preserve property for the good of all the community.
The Lion's Den: Me Thinks the Lady Doth Protest Too Much
Posted on November 2, 2009
So just when I think El Paso hypocrisy can't get any worse, I read an op-ed piece in the El Paso Times from State Representative Marissa Marquez. Marquez where she pontificates on the “divisive politics” called “factionalism” in El Paso.
State Senate Story Lines
Posted on October 28, 2009
Cars run on gas, kids run on sugar and campaigns run on money. The rule of thumb is that he who raises the most money wins. That’s just a rule of thumb,
Strengthening America’s Financial Pillar
Posted on October 28, 2009
Serious and sustainable improvement of our financial position will require that our elected representatives begin to honestly debate the very role of our nation in the greater world.
Health Care is Bigger than Profits
Posted on October 26, 2009
If Americans were to accept in their minds that our doctors should be curing the sick instead of fixing the images of the rich, there would be much better care for everyone. Capitalism is not the answer to everything in our society. Our health should not be subject to profit margins and market forces. There are some things that are above money.
Wolves in Wool
Posted on October 21, 2009
Long have I been an avid proponent for the reception of our fair share of the public account. I have not been alone in this clamoring for what is fair and right. However, I can not justify the argument to higher authorities when our local representation refuses to collect their fair share by matter of policy. We are not leading by example.
Karlsruher: Open Letter to Senator Shapleigh’s Replacement
Posted on October 21, 2009
In order to be successful in emulating our illustrious Senator, there are a few things you’re going to have to do like he did.
This strange American hospitality
Posted on October 19, 2009
What gets my attention more than anything is this obsession they have with putting me in handcuffs to take me to the doctor. Could it be true that I am in prison?
Letter from the Editors
Posted on October 18, 2009
We're not sure when NPT will be up and running at full speed again, but we hope it won't be long. We believe that better things lie ahead.
Grassroots organizing moves El Paso's progressive movement
Posted on October 12, 2009
The results may be mixed, but if we get folks to the polls by taking the extra effort, we will have contributed to the progressive movement El Paso embraces. A vote in the race for governor is imperative for El Paso to benefit.
On climate change and country music
Posted on October 5, 2009
Why you should go to the "Live Green – Live Great" convention at the Don Haskins Center Oct. 9 and 10.
With Reyes, how hard is it really raining?
Posted on October 5, 2009
Congressman Reyes must “make it rain” the dollars needed to keep up with the growth of the government industries that do not just serve El Paso, but the entire country. He has not proven himself worthy of that task yet.
Cutting access to voting is a bad idea
Posted on October 3, 2009
Judge Cobos and the Commissioners’ Court don’t get it -- the right to vote and the exercise of that right is critical to democracy.
Why we are not a 'we'
Posted on October 2, 2009
Stop listening to Lou Dobbs, and see him for what he is, an idiot who wants to make money by making you watch him. Pick up a good book and read it carefully. Raise your children to be thinkers, to focus on their homework, to work hard. Make an effort, by picking up the phone or knocking on a door, to meet a neighbor vastly different from you, a Muslim, a Jew, a Mexicano who can barely speak English.
Grover's tub in Texas
Posted on October 2, 2009
When Perry, Norquist and the extreme wing of the Republican party value tax cuts for the wealthy over good schools for children, Texas loses.
The Four Pillars of America’s Greatness
Posted on September 30, 2009
These simple concepts, individual equality, and government by the people, are the foundation of our past success and the key to our future advancement.
Fajardo's challenge to Juarez is going unanswered
Posted on September 30, 2009
How bad is it? Tens of thousands of teenagers not in school, record murder and kidnapping rates, the disappearance and killing of women again raising the specter of femicide, a city budget that has to pay for the Mexican military presence, and rising unemployment. Who will step forward to accept the challenge?
Baucus health care bill a dud-ly starting point
Posted on September 29, 2009
It has a number of strengths that represent an improvement over the status quo. It still requires debate, and may be amended in a more favorable way before being voted out of the Finance Committee.
U.S., Mexico uneasy allies in the Drug Wars
Posted on September 28, 2009
The differences in Mexican and U.S. points of view toward history, foreign policy and national security make it highly unlikely that both countries would ever agree to a unified drug policy. It just looks that way.
