Black community wants answers on ATF’s Albuquerque sting
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The sting netted a highly disproportionate number of black defendants. Continue Reading
We need the BLM to protect Otero Mesa
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Otero Mesa deserves to be protected. We’re looking to the BLM to help make that happen. Continue Reading
University fundraising orgs need transparency, public scrutiny
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There’s endless potential for abuse and corruption in our public universities’ secretive nonprofit fundraising foundations, as the University of New Mexico community is discovering. Continue Reading
Long-term change requires talking about patriarchy, colonization and structural racism
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These topics are seldom at the heart, or even at the margins, of mainstream political discourse. They should be. Continue Reading
The ripple effects of the president’s budget cuts
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COMMENTARY: The harmful effects will ripple into every small business in your community. Continue Reading
Politician’s callous comment doesn’t match with people’s experiences
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People have been dying through lack of access to health care, and it doesn’t look like the situation is going to get any better. Continue Reading
Poll finds New Mexicans unhappy with state’s direction
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Some 73 percent of the 605 registered, “likely” voters surveyed said the state is headed down the wrong track. Continue Reading
Unanswered questions about the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
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In the run-up to the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks declaration under the Antiquities Act, a number of critical questions were ignored and otherwise deflected. Continue Reading
Lawmakers sue to try to overturn 10 Martinez vetoes
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The lawsuit asks a district court to overturn the governor’s vetoes and compel the secretary of state to chapter the bills into law. Continue Reading
An ethics commission? Not quite.
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The Legislature has ample time and opportunity to let the people of New Mexico know what powers, duties and scope they intend to give the commission before we enter the voting booth in November 2018. Continue Reading
He was about to pick up his newborn son after surgery when he was arrested by ICE
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The case of Oscar Millan shows ICE’s renewed focus on strict immigration enforcement. Under the Obama administration, agents had discretion in cases of immigrants with gravely sick children. Continue Reading
For climate cause, Trump’s withdrawal from Paris accord just one hurdle among many
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Economic forces at work beyond the reach of the global climate agreement present their own enduring challenges. Continue Reading
More questions about Hobbs city manager’s cash payouts for paid time off
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Why the dramatic drop in the payout to the city manager? It seems the Office of the State Auditor might have an answer. Continue Reading
UNM grads are leaving the state
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Many of the state’s best-educated youth are departing the state for places with better job opportunities. Continue Reading
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument was decades in the making
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The monument has long enjoyed support from diverse voices across New Mexico and our nation and is the result of years of debate and compromise. Continue Reading