We must face the truth about Spanish colonization
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With Santa Fe’s Entrada coming up next month, it’s time to face the truth and find a way to respect our brutal history without glorifying it. Continue Reading
The borderlands are three states, two nations, one people
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I don’t see how militarization and hard lines have ever made people here safer. 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
Newspaper enabled governor’s behavioral health tragedy
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When government acts destructively, journalists have a duty to question, to dig, to find truth and speak it. Some of us did. The Albuquerque Journal’s editorial board did the opposite. Continue Reading
Our division threatens the United States’ survival
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We’re tearing up the values and structures that hold our nation together. 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
Of course government can and should help all children
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All children can thrive, if given the help they need. I’d like to see us choose to help. Continue Reading
It’s on all of us to fight this nonsense
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If government officials won’t demonstrate that they’re acting in the public’s interest, we should assume they’re not. Continue Reading
Maybe it’s time to head for the hills
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This is no way to govern – and it’s no way to live. Continue Reading
While the Roundhouse burns, New Mexicans suffer
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Policymakers need to consider the toll this is taking on all of us. Continue Reading
We can end NM’s vicious boom-and-bust cycle
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To do it, we must dream big and work tenaciously and meticulously. Continue Reading
Immigration enforcement agencies must come out of the shadows
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Federal immigration enforcement agencies are not required to release information about people they’re detaining. They should be required to release it. Continue Reading
Sunshine will help Spaceport America succeed
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This is Sunshine Week, and I can think of no better way to mark it than by fighting to shine light on Spaceport America. Continue Reading
Big money stands in the way of dismantling oppressive systems
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Under the current system, the debate isn’t about whether to continue robbing the poor. It’s about how much we’re going to take. Continue Reading
This is democracy in action
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Las Cruces was ground zero on Wednesday for the heated disagreement that will shape our nation for years to come. The city was ready. Continue Reading