El Paso

The Texanist: Are “Truck Nuts” Appropriate?

How to respond to those weird bumper testicles, pledge allegiance to the flag, ask to see the top of someone’s boots, and decide between sweet and dill.

The Mars Volta

Omar Rodríguez-López on the meaning of Noctourniquet, doing a reunion with At the Drive-In, and getting bored.

El Paso Is Tops in Texas When It Comes to Selling Girl Scout Cookies

The Sun City beats out Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, and Austin on the Daily Beast's top 25 "Girl Scout Cookie Capitals."

The Weekend’s Best Investigative Reporting

From squatters in Tarrant County to the far-reaching influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council, we’ve rounded up (and broken down) some of the best enterprise stories from around the state.

Six Must-See Museums and Collections

Six members from Women for the Arts share which museums, collections, and venues travelers should not miss.

Father Knows West

Is it time to revisit Larry McMurtry’s Berrybender Narratives?

Spill Way

When people ask me if cartel violence will find its way into Texas, I tell them it already has—and it’s going to get worse.

Liliana Quevedo, Realtor

Quevedo grew up in Juárez and has been a realtor in El Paso for six years. She is an agent for One Realty El Paso.</emAs a bilingual realtor in El Paso, with roots in Juárez, I have a lot of connections in Mexico. I got my license in 2004, just

Tony Rancich’s Recording Studio

Tony Rancich’s recording studio.

One race, one ranger

Is nothing sacred? Playing politics with the Texas Rangers ought to be off limits. And if the governor is going to play politics with them, shouldn’t the governor have to say how many Rangers he is deploying? Is it two, or twenty? The El Paso Times published a

Chamber Made

El Paso’s Chamber Music Festival, Hallettsville’s domino championship.

Fed Up

An FBI investigation is only the latest of El Paso’s problems.

Diana Natalicio

Diana Natalicio on the future of higher ed in El Paso.

New and Noteworthy

Café CentralEl Paso What’s new at venerable Café Central? The decor, for one thing. The border stalwart has shed its animal-print upholstery and New York–bistro look in favor of a classic redo, with sleek chocolate-brown chairs, chrome sculptures, unusual art, and floor-to-ceiling beveled mirrors along the back wall. Given

The Class of 2017

The future according to third-graders.

Tomorrow Never Dies

The perils of prediction.

Around the State

Jordan’s PickNHL All-Star CelebrationDallasHOCKEY WILL NEVER BE FOOTBALL. In Texas, at least, this truth is self-evident: No matter how many hockey fans rise up in defense of their sport (or write letters to a certain magazine’s editor decrying yet another football cover, as the case may be), the puck will

Pasó por Aquí

José Cisneros, the legendary illustrator of the Spanish Southwest, is 96, almost blind, and nearly deaf. And, of course, he has no plans to put down his pen.

He Walks The Line

Silvestre Reyes has a plan for the border.

Numbers Game

Inside the election's numbers.

The Blood of the Tigua

Officially, the issue tearing apart the West Texas' largest native American tribe is one of lineage. Who is and is not a member. But the real dispute is over money—earned in unimaginable amounts at the casino on their reservation and coveted by rival factions willing to risk everything.

Blues Brothers

Long John Hunter and his guitar-slinging friends sharpened their axes in and around Port Arthur, so their recent return was truly a homecoming.

School Spirit

Even in death, the former principal of El Paso’s Cathedral High is larger than life.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Next Cormac McCarthy

Meet El Paso novelist James Carlos Blake, who writes critically acclaimed literary westerns with lots of violence but few female characters. Sound familiar?

Score!

One of college basketball’s great coaches finally gets his due.

Elisa Jimenez

Elisa Jimenez didn’t start out as a fashion designer. The 34-year-old El Paso native, who is the daughter of sculptor Luis Jimenez, set out for New York City in the early nineties to pursue her interest in sculpture and performance art. In 1995, she says, “I wore a dress I

The Ex Files

David HalberstamMy father was stationed in El Paso at Biggs Field, which would later become a huge air base. You could see all these planes that were lined up, the bombers that were going to be used. I loved El Paso; it was so different from growing up in New

Sandra Day O’Connor

Why did Sandra Day O’Connor once say, “I come to you tonight wearing my bra”?

Lee Trevino

Which soft drink’s quart-size bottle did Lee trevino use as a golf club?

Education: Diana Natalicio

Diversity U.

Carrillo’s Crossing

In the billion-dollar business of drug trafficking, Amado Carrillo Fuentes is king. He's the elusive ringleader of a smuggling operation that police are powerless to stop.

Games of Chance

Bummers

Pancho Villa’s Last Gasp

In death as in life, the Mexican revolutionary is still causing trouble. This time the border skirmish is over his death mask.

Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso

What to eat, how to shop, and where to boogie in the most enchanting corner of Texas.