New Ideas?: Bernie Sanders comes to McAllen
Wed, 06/18/2025 - 5:50am
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) is coming to McAllen this Friday as a part of his “Fighting Oligarchy Tour.”
Observations
Employees Disappearing: ICE presence makes workers uneasy
Wed, 06/11/2025 - 5:50am
The Alamo Flea Market was almost empty this weekend, which is a miracle, but not in a good way, for the vendors who make their living there.
47 Valley Military Dead: Forget the wars?
Wed, 06/04/2025 - 5:51am
After launching the Iraq and Afghanistan wars based on lies and deceit, the Rio Grande Valley lost approximately 50 of our own soldiers to death and destruction, many of them the result of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices).
Social Security Fairness Act isn't all that fair
Wed, 05/28/2025 - 5:47am
Here’s a question for our politicians in D.C. — if a senior couple is living near poverty, kept afloat thanks only to two monthly Social Security checks, and one of them dies, husband or wife, how is the remaining spouse supposed to pay all the bills on only one check instead of two?
ICE deporting wrong people?
Wed, 05/21/2025 - 5:29am
Up in San Antonio, Customs and Border Protection agents took a 47-year-old El Salvadorian into custody last Thursday for allegedly entering the U.S. illegally.