It’s time to end city manager’s tenure in Hobbs
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Just let John J. “J.J.” Murphy’s contract lapse on Aug. 23. Continue Reading
Nuclear weapons contractors repeatedly violate shipping rules for dangerous materials
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Los Alamos laboratory’s recent mistakes in shipping plutonium were among dozens of incidents involving mislabeled or wrongly shipped materials associated with the nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading
‘How can you work … for a president that undermines your work?’
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Internal talking points from Donald Trump’s spy chief reveal tensions between Trump and the intelligence community. Continue Reading
It’s time to let the Hobbs city manager go
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Let City Manager John J. “J.J.” Murphy’s contract run out. Hobbs has been bled enough. Continue Reading
Border agency set to jumpstart Trump’s wall in a Texas wildlife refuge
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Customs and Border Protection indicates it will use its own funds to build 3-mile segment of wall amid one of the nation’s most cherished bird-watching locales. Continue Reading
Big money dwarfs public finance in Albuquerque mayor’s race
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The public financing system is teetering, at least when it comes to citywide races, largely due to the small amount of funds it provides compared to what competitors are able to raise or self-finance. Continue Reading
A border wall would be oppressive, even on our side
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The divisiveness Trump’s border wall symbolizes is deeply felt in the borderlands. Continue Reading
McCain’s brain cancer draws renewed attention to possible Agent Orange connection
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For years, Vietnam vets and their widows have been pushing the VA to extend benefits to those exposed to the toxic herbicide and later stricken with glioblastoma. The VA has said no, but advocates hope the agency will now revisit the issue. Continue Reading
Let’s band together to protect the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
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We need to protect these mountains for our youth so they can revel in the serenity that the monument affords to the people of New Mexico. Continue Reading
Has the moment for environmental justice been lost?
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Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them. Continue Reading
We need a Contract with New Mexico
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The future success and prosperity of our state depends foundationally on our being exceptional in two areas: public education and economic development. Continue Reading
Give the public access to public land
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Congress directed the Department of the Interior to manage the Sabinoso for the “use and enjoyment of the American people.” But the American people can neither use nor enjoy it today. Continue Reading
Dark money threatens democracy
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The secretary of state’s proposed rule is an important step. But it won’t solve the problem of dark money. Continue Reading
Protecting our wildlife corridors, protecting our culture
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The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument protects vital wildlife corridors and connectivity that provide habitat, breeding grounds and migratory routes from central New Mexico to southern Colorado. Continue Reading
Give states freedom on marijuana laws
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If federalism is to work in any meaningful way, it cannot be applied selectively, based on what policymakers in Washington think of an issue. Continue Reading