Apr 30, 2021Member-onlyThe American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Arts: Will Creatives Receive the “Once-in-a-lifetime-funding?”On March 11, 2021, the third major pandemic aid law titled the “American Rescue Plan,” was signed into law by President Joe Biden. This pandemic aid law aims to be different. It hopes to have “more accountability, eligibility and reporting requirements than previous aid packages.” The first pandemic aid law…American Rescue Plan Act6 min readAmerican Rescue Plan Act6 min read
Feb 24, 2021Disillusionment: It’s What’s Killing Middle-Aged Dating3.1K47Debbie WeissCongratulations on getting your MFA!Congratulations on getting your MFA! You are still young. Fifties are the new 40s without the baggage.1 min read1 min readCongratulations on getting your MFA! You are still young. Fifties are the new 40s without the baggage.----1
Apr 7, 2020Member-onlyAmerican Maquiladoras Offer Bonuses to Workers to Remain on the Job During the Covid-19 PandemicMexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas took to social media last week to inform maquiladora workers in Cd. Juárez to stay home and not take the bonuses being offered to them to continue working. Her pleas to workers document how many Maquiladoras are enticing workers to remain on the job…Covid 19 Crisis3 min readCovid 19 Crisis3 min read
Jan 24, 2020Member-onlyWhat Does “El Paso Strong” Mean To You?“El Paso Strong,” a term borrowed from the “Boston Strong” campaign has various meanings and interpretations. The term has become a mantra for the city and its people. Several people were asked to tell us what “El Paso Strong” meant to them and this is what they said: According to…El Paso8 min readEl Paso8 min read
Aug 23, 2018Member-onlyI Remember…Remember when we didn’t have cell phones and we carried little books with phone numbers or small folded pieces of paper in our wallets which had no rhyme or reason? Remember when we got excited opening a new vinyl record and we couldn’t wait to get home, so we could…Love2 min readLove2 min read
Aug 19, 2018Member-onlyWho Buys an $87 Million Dollar Apartment on Fifth Avenue?I was searching on the Internet looking for the property of a relative who owns an apartment on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park. The…New York1 min readNew York1 min read
Aug 16, 2018Member-onlyJuan Sandoval: A Passion for CollectingCollecting is a disease you’re born with. But it you’ve got the cure, stay away from El Pasoan and collector Juan Sandoval. Sandoval, a librarian with the University of Texas at El Paso Library, lives inside a work of art. Several years ago, visitors to his Sunset Heights apartment were…Art6 min readArt6 min read
Feb 20, 2018Don’t Write a Bias View of the Border, Write an Authentic OneWhat questions do people ask you again and again about the border? I would rephrase this question as: What questions must people ask about the border, so they can see what the U.S./Mexico border is and what it isn’t? The border is not a movie or a television series. It…Immigration4 min readImmigration4 min read
Feb 8, 2018Women Photographers Who Passed Away in 2000The following list evolved from a question posed from Edie Rothsweiler from the New York Photographic Preservation Institute in New York City in 2001. That year, I received a desperate call from Ms. Rothsweiler who was looking for a list of photographers who had died in 2000. No such list…Photography3 min readPhotography3 min read
Jan 21, 2018Member-onlyCaldo de Res in the Decade of AIDSIt was Saturday afternoon. Michael and I drove in his air-conditioned car in the 101 degrees towards Copia and Alameda Streets on a mission to comfort our old friend, Alberto, who lay waiting and watching his life unravel like the old movies we used to see at the Cine Colon…AIDS4 min readAIDS4 min read
