Posts by Ashley Rammelsberg
The Line: Fiesta Downplays Violence While Celebrating Española Valley
August 2, 2019 – A retelling of history by organizers of the 50th Española Valley Fiesta has drawn criticism from some who say it ignores historical violence. The Rio Grande Sun’s Nathanael King wrote in a July 19 article that organizers aimed to make the Fiesta more culturally inclusive while reenacting Spanish Conquistador Juan de…
Read MoreThe Line: Governor Fires Secretary of Education Karen Trujillo
July 26, 2019 – With less than a month before the start of a new school year, New Mexico is once again looking for someone to lead the Department of Education. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced this week that she was moving forward on her “education moonshot” without Karen Trujillo, who had only been on…
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