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NPT Sunday Under the Tree: My Brother's Body
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Features
My Brother's Body: A True Story
by Rachel Showery
 Once his body was washed, the bruises both old and new were apparent on his face, wrists and torso. Regan must have suffered greatly for his crimes, for his lust, for his poor decisions.
Posted on August 15, 2008 • read more »
Newspaper Tree, Five Years Later
by Emanuel Anthony Martinez
 Like most inevitable projects, Newspaper Tree was born of frustration—with corrupt officials, an indifferent private sector, and most particularly, as mentioned, an effectively absent local media.
Posted on August 11, 2008 • read more »
In the News: Baggage, Football and Theater
compiled by Catherine Cromer
 The Drug War is world-wide, Fort Bliss training is coastal, Pickett is an acclaimed author, and we have plenty of dropouts. Around the region, nation and world, El Paso and El Pasoans are In the News.
Posted on August 15, 2008 • read more »
Culture
Violence, Gender and Activism in Juarez
by Vanessa Johnson
 "Violence and Activism at the Border: Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez," by Kathleen Staudt, raises uncomfortable questions about the kind of community being created through globalization, as well as the American consumer’s complicity. It also shows evidence of two disturbing realities in Juarez -- broken law enforcement and pervasive gender-based fear.
Posted on August 14, 2008 • read more »
Movies for the Masses, at the Plaza Theatre
by Lisa Y. Garibay
 As a filmmaker and film journalist living and working in Los Angeles, I can assure you that an event like this is rare even in the moviemaking capitol of the world. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event to see a variety of movies that have made cinematic history the way they were made to be seen.
Posted on August 14, 2008 • read more »
Politics
Debate: Margo and Moody
by Sito Negron
 Margo and Moody answered some questions definitively (both were against a state income tax) and danced around some (both favor private property rights, but also understand the need for an occasional taking).
Posted on August 13, 2008 • read more »
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