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How Americans Perceive the Middle Class in 2024

September 6, 2024
Two men sitting on a set with New Mexico in Focus logo displayed on a screen between them, facing each other on black chairs, with a blue curtain backdrop.

9.6.24 – University of New Mexico professor Dr. Jason Scott Smith talks with Senior Producer Lou DiVizio about the American middle class and considers why it is seen as a shrinking economic group.  Correspondent: Lou DiVizio  Guest: Dr. Jason Scott Smith, Ph.D., Professor, University of New Mexico History Department 

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UNM Study Finds Dangerous Working Conditions in Oil and Gas Industry

September 6, 2024
Silhouette of a worker with a hard hat talking on a phone in front of oil pump jacks during sunset.

9.6.24 – A study from the University of New Mexico reports dangerous working conditions in the oil and gas industry. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller speaks with Dr. Gabriel Sanchez, a study author and executive director at UNM’s Center for Social Policy, to ask how the sector’s workers might find new jobs in a clean-energy future.  Correspondent: Elizabeth…

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