Keep proving them wrong, Gray brothers
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The best way we can fight these stereotypes is by succeeding in spite of them. Continue Reading
Good police work or racial profiling? How so many blacks were arrested in federal sting in ABQ
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A debate over how so many black people came to be arrested in a 2016 sting operation in Albuquerque is playing out in the city’s federal courthouse. Continue Reading
APD detective led federal agents to ‘Memphis Mob’
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APD’s involvement appears to have led, in part, to one of the more controversial aspects of the ATF sting operation: the arrest of black people at a rate highly disproportionate to their population in the city. Continue Reading
ATF agent touted sting’s ‘righteous targets’ in email
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The email offers a window both into the lead agent’s thought process and what defense lawyers made of the correspondence and how it fits into allegations about the ATF’s conduct during the operation. Continue Reading
Legal wrangling could pose challenge to proving racial profiling claims against ATF
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Some defendants are trying to prove that ATF racially profiled them in a massive undercover operation. Continue Reading
Institutional racism or something more complicated?
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New Mexico children can’t wait for the last vestiges of racism to be rooted out or for another government program to save the day. Continue Reading
There is an epidemic of racial inequity in New Mexico
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The proposal to invest from New Mexico’s Land Grant Permanent Fund into early childhood education and services will help to level the playing field. Continue Reading
Peña’s disqualification from congressional contest wasn’t racism
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The law prohibits handwritten modifications to petitions for a reason. These are mistakes you can’t make if you want to have your candidacy for Congress appear on the ballot. Continue Reading
When the victors re-write history
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A holistic understanding of Southwestern peoples brings the Genízaros to light. Continue Reading
On political cartoons, civility and why you should support NMPolitics.net
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Donate to a news organization that is working combat false narratives and division. Continue Reading
Cartoon ABQ Journal published reinforces Trump’s false narrative
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Dreamers are teachers, doctors, small business owners, military service members and veterans. They are pillars of our community. Continue Reading
ABQ Journal takes a beating in Senate over controversial cartoon
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Democratic senators and Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, a Republican, criticized on the Senate floor the decision to publish the cartoon. Continue Reading
Cartoon reflects hate and contempt for Dreamers and Democrats
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Publishing the cartoon is evidence that the Albuquerque Journal has lost touch or does not understand the community and state it reports on. Continue Reading
Albuquerque Journal’s insensitive cartoon does not represent NM
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Such an insensitive portrayal of Dreamers, unfairly comparing them with one of society’s most violent and unsavory criminal elements, exhibits yet another example of institutionalized racism. Continue Reading
Senator calls on Martinez education appointee to resign
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Christopher Ruszkowski last month touted Manifest Destiny as one of the ‘fundamental principles of the country.’ Continue Reading