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New CDC, PED, School District Mask Policies

A child stands, wearing a white facemask.

July 30, 2021 – The Line opinion panel talks about the return of masks – even for vaccinated people – in some indoor environments, as well as how schools will handle the CDC’s new recommendation. New Mexico’s Public Education Department has mandated masks in elementary schools. School districts, however, can make their own – and…

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Masks are Back, Albuquerque’s Soccer Pitch, Native Boarding Schools

Portrait of a group of young Apache people as they attend a boarding school.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, extended coverage of the federal government’s effort to document the truth about Native boarding schools. Interior secretary and former New Mexico congresswoman Deb Haaland announced the investigation this summer, on the heels of gruesome discoveries of mass graves at Canadian boarding school sites. The show excerpts a PBS…

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