El Paso has a cultural identity crisis. It is Mexican and then it is not. Why this exists can be traced back to two realities. The first is that El Paso, unlike […]
Deconstructing El Paso’s Identity Crisis
UMC Did Not Provide Beto O’Rourke Formal Authority To Collect Patient Information
On February 6, 2021, El Paso Matters reported that Beto O’Rourke and volunteers were going door to door on that day collecting information from south-side El Pasoans looking to get the Covid-19 […]
UMC Asking For Social Security Numbers For Vaccine
A Texas man on the Covid-19 priority list was denied the vaccine because he did not have a social security number. According to KHOU-11, a 61-year-old man in the Rio Grande Valley […]
UMC Open Records About Traveling Nurse Video
On November 7, 2020, Lawanna Rivers, a traveling nurse who worked at the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) released a video on Facebook where she alleged that El Paso Covid-19 […]
Almost 500 UMC Staff Decline Vaccine
Information requested by El Paso Politics under the Texas Public Information Act shows that a significant number of University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) employees have declined the Coronavirus vaccine. There […]
Stimulus Paper Checks Begin to Arrive in El Paso
Maria Martinez reached out to us yesterday to share with us that she received her stimulus check in the mail. In a text message exchange, Maria Martinez told us that she was […]
El Paso Vaccine Availability – Week 4
This article was updated on January 6, 2021 at 13:55E time to update the PDF document to the correct version. The Texas Department of Health Services released the Week 4 Covid-19 vaccine […]
Corona Virus Vaccine Distribution in El Paso By The Numbers for 2020
On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on an emergency basis the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Moderna’s vaccine was also approved shortly after by the FDA. Immediately after […]
UMC Covid-19 Vaccine Numbers Do Not Add Up
The University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) has faced two debacles this week regarding the Covid-19 vaccinations in El Paso. The problems raises questions about UMC’s commitment to the El Paso […]
Covid-19 Hit Close To Home
As with everyone, Covid-19 has touched our family, this time close to home. A couple of weeks ago, Laura tested positive for the pandemic virus. At work on Friday, she was notified […]
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