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30th Anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial

Bronze statue depicting three figures, one lying across the lap of another, with a third figure kneeling and looking upward, set outdoors near trees and a bench.

3.20.26 – Back in 1993, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial became the first monument to honor women —installed on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Thirty years later, Faith Perez, host of the NMPBS arts and culture program ¡Colores!, spoke with two local nurses who served in Vietnam about what the memorial — and its acknowledgement of that war’s…

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UNM Law Students Against Gendered Acting Categories at the Oscars

Close-up of a gold Oscar statuette against a blurred, neutral background.

3.20.26 – For nearly a century now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has gendered its awards for performers. A few years back, a group of undergraduate constitutional law students at the University of New Mexico questioned that structure — and their report made it all the way to the Academy’s Board of Governors. Last year, Senior…

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