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Photo editor Charlie Blalock traveled to El Paso with other students from TAMUCC and TAMUK to cover a protest and concert. Judy Greenspan (right) from Oakland California takes part in the El Paso Firme march against white supremacy on Sept. 7 in El Paso.
House calls for changes in TANF
Paloma Steele/Staff Writer Recently Republican members of the US House of Representatives tried to push through a bill banning the use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program cards at certain locations such as liquor stores, topless bars and casinos, according to a CNN editorial, “‘Strip club bill’ a no-brainer.” The bill would force states to develop policies to prevent this from happening. TANF was created to provide one-time cash assistance or a six-month period of monthly assistance to working poor families “using what amounts to a debit card,” according to the editorial. “Last year, about 1.8 million families…
14 years of commemorating Aztec rituals
Local indigenous group Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin celebrated their 14th anniversary with a two-day event surrounded by other Kalpulli members from across Texas and Mexico. The groups’ gatherings incorporated traditions dating back to Aztec (Mexica) celebrations. The events began April 4 with a traditional sacred sweat lodge known as temazcal, which originated with the indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The term temazcal originates from the Nahuatl language from the words teme (to bathe) and calli (house), or from the word temazcalli (house of heat). As each member arrived, they placed a lava rock on a mount that heats the stones until they…