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Voters Voted For Tommy Gonzalez And Oscar Leeser Vetoes Gonzalez

By Martin Paredes on May 19, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

There is considerable debate today about city manager Tommy Gonzalez, the city’s current city manager form of government and how the city moved away from a strong-mayor form of government, not to […]

Women’s Right To Vote In El Paso

By Martin Paredes on May 14, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The voting rights for women in America began from America’s west and expanded eastward as women began to organize themselves to demand the right to vote. Historically, women’s suffrage has been framed […]

The Political Boss Of El Paso

By Martin Paredes on May 6, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The May 1, 1908, letter to the editor succinctly stated what El Pasoans had been whispering about for years: “it is true that Henry Kelly” was the “political boss of El Paso.” […]

An Anecdote About El Paso Politics

By Martin Paredes on May 3, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

In researching old newspaper articles about the politics in El Paso, oftentimes there are articles of interesting events that do not make it into an article but, nonetheless, the historical event is […]

What The Texas And El Paso Bar Got Wrong: First Texas Woman Lawyer Was In El Paso

By Martin Paredes on May 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

According to the Iowa Department of Human Rights, the first American woman attorney was Arabella Mansfield. Mansfield passed the Iowa bar examination in 1869. [1] Although she never practiced law, she has […]

Frontier Klansmen: The KKK In El Paso

By Martin Paredes on April 22, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a racist white supremacy group. The secretive organization was established after the Civil War in response to the end of slavery, where its members were generally […]

The Doctor That Took On The White El Paso Political Establishment For Racial Equality

By Martin Paredes on April 13, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The political narrative in El Paso today is that the local Democratic Party is the party of inclusiveness and progressiveness. It is a narrative that has been carefully cultivated for decades. Lost […]

When Mexicans Voted In El Paso

By Martin Paredes on April 11, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

“Unless you pay your poll tax hired Mexican voters will select our city’s next administration,” proclaimed the unsigned letter to the El Paso Times on January 20, 1905. [1] The Texas Constitutions […]

The History of Slavery In El Paso

By Martin Paredes on April 8, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Critical race theory is an ongoing national debate over what type of history is taught in America’s schools today. At the center of the debate is who writes America’s narrative. On one […]

The Jaime Esparza Racist Coverup: “Good Ol’ Boy” Anglos Should Administer Justice

By Martin Paredes on April 5, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

The problem with coverups is that the truth is unlikely to ever be known. There may be glimpses of the truth from time to time, but the facts remain unknown. For 28 […]

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