Boyfriend’s betrayal: ABQ woman jailed after ATF informant lured her into drug deals
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During a nearly two-month courtship, the man kept his government job a secret. Continue Reading
They got hurt at work. Then they got deported.
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How insurance companies use a Florida law to get undocumented immigrants arrested and deported when they get injured on the job — and what it means in Trump’s America. Continue Reading
Secretary Zinke’s monument review was fair
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It is time to wait for the decision, not to complain about the process that has occurred. Continue Reading
Nuclear weapons contractors repeatedly violate shipping rules for dangerous materials
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Los Alamos laboratory’s recent mistakes in shipping plutonium were among dozens of incidents involving mislabeled or wrongly shipped materials associated with the nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading
‘How can you work … for a president that undermines your work?’
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Internal talking points from Donald Trump’s spy chief reveal tensions between Trump and the intelligence community. Continue Reading
Border agency set to jumpstart Trump’s wall in a Texas wildlife refuge
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Customs and Border Protection indicates it will use its own funds to build 3-mile segment of wall amid one of the nation’s most cherished bird-watching locales. Continue Reading
A border wall would be oppressive, even on our side
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The divisiveness Trump’s border wall symbolizes is deeply felt in the borderlands. Continue Reading
McCain’s brain cancer draws renewed attention to possible Agent Orange connection
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For years, Vietnam vets and their widows have been pushing the VA to extend benefits to those exposed to the toxic herbicide and later stricken with glioblastoma. The VA has said no, but advocates hope the agency will now revisit the issue. Continue Reading
Resistance isn’t enough. Democrats need to offer real solutions.
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We need to offer real, courageous and effective ideas that create jobs, keep people healthy, and continue the role our nation has as a world leader. Continue Reading
Let’s band together to protect the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
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We need to protect these mountains for our youth so they can revel in the serenity that the monument affords to the people of New Mexico. Continue Reading
Has the moment for environmental justice been lost?
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Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them. Continue Reading
Give the public access to public land
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Congress directed the Department of the Interior to manage the Sabinoso for the “use and enjoyment of the American people.” But the American people can neither use nor enjoy it today. Continue Reading
Protecting our wildlife corridors, protecting our culture
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The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument protects vital wildlife corridors and connectivity that provide habitat, breeding grounds and migratory routes from central New Mexico to southern Colorado. Continue Reading
Dunn will run for U.S. House instead of land commissioner
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State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn will run for the open 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House instead of seeking re-election to his current job. Continue Reading
Feds agree to meet with ABQ black leaders about controversial sting
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The acting U.S. Attorney in Albuquerque will hear out local black leaders and their concerns over a massive, 2016 undercover sting operation that “sent shockwaves” through the city’s black community. Continue Reading