This Memorial Day, our veterans need our help
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Community of Hope in Las Cruces, which provides services to homeless and near-homeless veterans, is working to raise money to make up for a lost state grant. Continue Reading
Do the upcoming elections matter to the homeless, hungry and disenfranchised?
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If you read carefully and prayerfully, it might give you an idea on how heavily (or not) our nation’s vulnerable lay on the hearts of our leading presidential contenders. Continue Reading
New Mexico preschool teachers make less than dog walkers
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The average wage for early educators in the state of New Mexico is $9.98 per hour. The average wage for a person who walks dogs for a living is $12.03 per hour. Continue Reading
Sanders’ rally clarified and magnified values that matter to me
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I want to be part of investing in a country that is more educated, healthier, more environmentally conscious, more concerned with the well-being of others, and more committed to righting historical injustices. Continue Reading
You can vote on Memorial Day in Doña Ana County
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This Memorial Day, we invite you to honor all of those who fought, and are still fighting, for our freedom to participate in democracy by casting your vote. Continue Reading
We all need to pull together for our children
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The main focus of CYFD’s new PullTogether program is to encourage communities to play a role in improving the quality of life of every child. Continue Reading
There are better ways to ‘pull together’ for NM’s impoverished kids
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The state’s new PullTogether campaign appears to be is a $2.7 million public relations effort to deflect attention from the fact that things have not improved for New Mexico’s low-income children. Continue Reading
Working together, we can solve NM’s health-care crisis
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New Mexico’s health-care crisis demands our attention. Now. Continue Reading
The facts about traffic lights, medians, and road construction
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As a transportation professional, perhaps I can offer Michael Swickard’s readers some perspective on some of his questions. Continue Reading
What to do instead of pretending the Democratic Party platform matters
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Better than a symbolic platform plank, Sanders should negotiate with Hillary Clinton that if she is the candidate and elected, she will facilitate the conversion of at least two states, urban and rural, as a single payer pilot program. Continue Reading
There’s no longer cause for concern about your NM driver’s license
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Current New Mexico driver’s licenses and identification cards can most likely be used to enter federal facilities and board domestic flights until Oct. 1, 2020. Continue Reading
Medicaid in New Mexico needs a long-term fix
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Tinkering with reimbursement rates can cut costs in the short run, but it’s no long-term solution to New Mexico’s Medicaid mess. Policymakers need to think bolder, and bigger. Continue Reading
Making our lives worse than they need to be
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Maybe it’s me, but it doesn’t seem that the citizens control our elected folks. Continue Reading
Citizens make the justice system work by serving as jurors
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Along with the ballot box, the jury box is one of the two most direct forms of citizen participation in our system of self-government. Continue Reading
Open primaries, same-day registration are keys to increased voter turnout
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New Mexico’s policymakers need to open state primaries to all voters and allow same-day voter registration. Continue Reading