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Evictions, Our Land, & New Mexico on the National Stage

Composite of portrait of Yvette Herrell in front of the New Mexican flag.

This week on New Mexico in Focus… The COVID pandemic has thrown many people into financial crisis and has spotlighted how important adequate shelter is to health. Correspondent Megan Kamerick talks to law professor and housing advocate Serge Martinez about housing as a human right and how to stem the flood of evictions once the…

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ABQ City Council Passes CROWN Act

Symbol of someone wearing a crown, with label reading "The CROWN Act".

January 8, 2021 – Gene Grant and The Line panelists voice their opinions on Albuquerque’s passage of the CROWN Act, which specifically amends the city’s Human Rights Ordinance to prohibit discrimination based on ethnic hairstyles or head coverings like burqas. They talk about such bills as education tools and look at possible implications for businesses.  Host: Gene…

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