Bipartisan bill would reform state’s troubled guardianship system
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The bill would mandate open court records, more oversight and auditing. Continue Reading
During legislative session, Rotunda is the state’s most coveted spot
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The central gathering space at the state capitol building is part marketing platform, part billboard, part concert hall, part (political) theater. Continue Reading
Ceremonial measures: Building camaraderie but squandering time
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Gov. Susana Martinez struck a chord when she blasted lawmakers for spending time on “meaningless bills,” such as those to establish an official state dance or holiday song or hamburger. Continue Reading
An enduring crisis: Decades after warnings, New Mexico’s children are still in jeopardy
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Thirty years ago, the plight of New Mexico’s children was exposed. So why has nothing changed? Continue Reading
Raising New Mexico: Something must be done for our children. The time is now
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Our goal is to influence the political cycle of the 2018 elections by making child well-being the single most important issue. Continue Reading
Funding issues put pre-K providers at odds while young children miss out on early education
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Instead of cooperating, state and federal programs are competing. Continue Reading
Suffer the children: The devastating lifelong impacts of childhood trauma
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A growing legion of experts regard childhood trauma as one of the most profound and urgent public health challenges in the country. Continue Reading
The weight of abuse: How an obesity clinic sparked one of the nation’s most revolutionary health surveys
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In 1985, a 28-year-old woman walked into Vincent Felitti’s obesity clinic and asked for help. She weighed 408 pounds and she wanted to get thin. Continue Reading
Science reveals severe childhood trauma can alter brain development, creating lifetime of risk
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Today, more than at any other time in history, science and medicine show the vast, interconnected dance between a baby’s outside world and the core of its being: its brain. Continue Reading
Healing from damage of childhood trauma is possible, experts say
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The problems adverse childhood experiences cause — brain impairments, mental illness and disease — are enough to make things sound hopeless. They’re not. Continue Reading
Pre-K solutions: How other states did it
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Oregon, Georgia and Washington, D.C. all have found a way to combine state and federal funding into the same classrooms. Ditto for Oklahoma. Continue Reading
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) quiz
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This survey is a tool to show the health risks you might or might not face. Continue Reading
On Facebook, Doña Ana County commissioner goes after activist’s mother
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John Vasquez appeared to take personal shots at the mother of a female activist and constituent. Continue Reading
The ‘bold change’ Martinez promised never came. Here’s why.
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The governor has scorched systems that needed nuanced reform and hurt too many people. Continue Reading
Martinez rebuffs speculation about what she’ll do next
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Guessing what Gov. Susana Martinez might do after she leaves the state’s top elected office at the end of 2018 has become something of a parlor game in New Mexico politics. Continue Reading