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
Residents search for ways to improve substandard roads in Vado
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Efforts to get county and state governments to help haven’t brought the road improvements many residents say they need. Legal issues and money are among the roadblocks the community has encountered. But Vado residents, with CAFé’s assistance, may have recently found help elsewhere. 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
Sanders energizes crowd in Vado, praised for visiting colonia
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Thousands of people from the Borderlands showed up to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ rally. Continue Reading
Local Sanders supporters, Vado residents see opportunity in candidate’s visit
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Local supporters of the Democratic presidential candidate said his visit presented a chance to reach Latino voters. And some residents of Vado saw an opportunity to shine light on the community’s needs. Continue Reading
It’s more than a bus: democracy, gentrification and urbanicide
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The battle over the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project has renewed debates on poverty, economic development, homelessness, generational differences, public spending priorities, the car culture, and other heady matters that will define 21st Century New Mexico’s identity. 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
Border Lexmark workers keep up the fight
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For more than three months, Miriam Delgado and her friends have struggled to get their jobs back at Lexmark International, a U.S.-based company that manufactures printer cartridges at its large plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Continue Reading
State’s job crisis demanded more attention from governor
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Gov. Susana Martinez promised that her policies would create jobs. She has even claimed recently that New Mexico’s economy is doing well. If only it were true. Continue Reading
The magic wand of work
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Who will ride out the hard times the best? Those who can hunker down working at any job and being satisfied with making money rather than having it given to them. Continue Reading
Getting out of our downward spiral
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New Mexico is caught in a vicious cycle that makes me furious. But any problem can be overcome if you think smart, work hard, and are honest enough to recognize its root causes. Continue Reading
New solutions for poverty and illegal drug use
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We’ve tried all those things that don’t work. Let’s try something different. Continue Reading
It’s a crisis, our children are hungry
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We have an obligation to make sure every child is fed – and without them having to choose between 1st-hour reading or eating in the cafeteria because their bus may have been late. Continue Reading
Schools, lawmakers grapple with feeding kids breakfast
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Some say as it works now, Breakfast After the Bell disrupts learning time and creates a mess in classrooms. They would like to see the breakfast served before the first bell, preferably in the cafeteria. Continue Reading