Battles for the heart and soul of El Paso
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Critical moments are at hand in the future of the important U.S-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas. Continue Reading
Albuquerque’s rape kit crisis worsening, state auditor says
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Albuquerque’s inventory of untested sexual assault evidence kits containing DNA is growing, State Auditor Tim Keller, also a mayoral candidate, told the City Council this week. Continue Reading
Citing risks to journalists, Juárez news daily shuts down
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The chief reason, Norte’s founder and president Oscar Cantu Murguia said, was the lack of security faced by Mexican journalists. Continue Reading
A voice of the voiceless is gunned down in Mexico
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Miroslava Breach Velducea became last week the third journalist murdered in Mexico in March. Continue Reading
President Trump, Mexican politics and people power
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In today’s Mexico, it’s in unlikely places like a Sam’s Club parking lot where the forging of a nation’s new identity might well just be underway. Continue Reading
Following Trump’s border wall order, Mexico’s president cancels meeting
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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said that nation remains willing “to work with the United States to achieve agreements in favor of both Nations.” Continue Reading
Will citizen movements shape the U.S.-Mexico agenda?
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As the leaders of both countries prepare to meet, citizen discontent and protest is reaching levels not seen in years. Continue Reading
The golden goose is dead: Mexico’s great winter of discontent
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In response to high gas prices and related issues, tens of thousands have recently staged largely peaceful but militant protests in at least 28 of Mexico’s 32 states. Continue Reading
At UNM, signs that a new human rights movement is stirring
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In recent weeks, the pedestrian walkway outside the UNM bookstore has been reinvented as a free speech plaza of sorts, witnessing multiple demonstrations on issues ranging from the November election to Standing Rock. Continue Reading
The Trump effect on Mexico’s political scene
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Like no other U.S. presidential election in modern times, the stunning victory of Donald Trump is shaking up Mexico’s political scene. Continue Reading
The brilliant, beautiful and ugly faces of October in New Mexico
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Without a doubt, 2016 has been one of the toughest years on record in the Land of Enchantment. Continue Reading
The UNM Lobos sing the budget blues
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University officials are bracing for a possible $14.2 million budget cut to UNM’s main Albuquerque campus and $22.2 million system-wide in the current fiscal year alone. Continue Reading
Advocates celebrate increase in citizenship applications in NM
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On Saturday — which is known as Citizenship Day — immigrant-rights groups and labor activists celebrated a recent 25 percent increase in U.S. citizenship applications in New Mexico. Continue Reading
Public killings are part of an increase in murders in Juárez
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August’s murders recall the period from 2008 to 2012 when gangland-style executions happened at all hours and seemingly in all places. Continue Reading
Hatch works to improve infrastructure before the next destructive weather event
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In Hatch and New Mexico, the big question is: Will enough preparations and flood control remedies be in place in time so damage from the next destructive event like Little Katrina is at least tempered? Continue Reading