Richard W. Parker OBITUARY PARKER, RICHARD W. Richard William-Curtis Parker, Denver.

Richard Parker, an award-winning journalist and author known for his incisive commentary on the American Southwest, died this week. He was 61. Parker, who was raised in El Paso, dedicated much of his ...

Richard Parker's book "The Crossing: El Paso, the Southwest, and America's Forgotten Origin Story" reveals American history through the lens of El Paso's role in its development. Parker, who grew up ...

At a time when this nation is caught up in spasms of turmoil and tribulation over immigration and border issues, “The Crossing” is a shift of the kaleidoscope — a provocative counter-narrative of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Writer Richard Parker was found dead in his home March 6, one week after this interview about his new book took place. The journalist happened to be visiting his mother in the border ...