{"id":220401,"date":"2016-11-23T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=220401"},"modified":"2016-11-23T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:00:47","slug":"holding-power-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/11\/holding-power-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding power accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subscriptions and donations to quality news organizations have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/2016\/propublica-is-seeing-a-surge-in-donations-after-john-olivers-trump-segment\/439254\/\" target=\"_blank\">surged<\/a> since Donald Trump won the presidency on Nov. 8. Many people are expressing a desire to ensure news organizations have the resources to hold the Trump Administration accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/11\/my-commitment-in-donald-trumps-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">my commitment in Trump\u2019s America<\/a>: to tell stories and facilitate discussions that help us understand each other, to focus on protecting civil rights, and to call out violence when I see it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55852\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55852\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Haussamen-Heath1-336x222.jpg\" alt=\"Heath Haussamen\" width=\"336\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Haussamen-Heath1-336x222.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Haussamen-Heath1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Haussamen-Heath1-771x510.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Haussamen-Heath1-1170x773.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Haussamen-Heath1.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heath Haussamen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Really, that means NMPolitics.net plans to ramp up efforts we\u2019ve focused on all along. We spent much of the 2016 election cycle <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/10\/millennials-like-this-mixed-ethnicity-couple-are-reshaping-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">telling stories<\/a> about <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/06\/las-crucens-vote-as-candidates-make-final-push-for-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">who voters<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/11\/theyre-republicans-and-married-he-voted-for-clinton-she-voted-for-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">were supporting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/11\/some-las-crucens-hope-third-party-votes-will-help-change-the-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">and why<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve won <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/06\/nmpolitics-net-wins-national-investigative-reporting-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">national<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/04\/nmpolitics-net-wins-regional-journalism-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">regional<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/04\/nmpolitics-net-wins-four-awards-in-state-journalism-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">state<\/a> awards for investigative reporting, storytelling, and commentary writing. We\u2019ve sued <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/lawsuit-seeks-release-of-gripgate-subpoenas\/\" target=\"_blank\">state<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/08\/judge-denies-motions-to-halt-nmpolitics-nets-public-records-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">local<\/a> agencies to enforce transparency law.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re committed to holding power accountable \u2013 regardless of who holds that power \u2013 and telling stories about how it impacts you. We have big plans for the next year, including an investigation into how the 2013 freeze of Medicaid funding for behavioral health organizations and other factors have contributed to an inadequate treatment system in Southern New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>NMPolitics.net depends on help from people like you. Please, support independent journalism by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">making a donation today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Mil gracias!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please, support independent journalism by making a donation today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[630],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-220401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-about-nmpolitics-net","tag-news-about-this-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}