Episodes
A discussion about Native comics with Lee Francis, our interview with Dolores Huerta, and the mental health of New Mexico’s youth (Behavioral Health Series)
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick leads a conversation about behavioral health services for teens across the state. Earlier this year,…
Read More...Keeping children fed during the summer months, behavioral health resources for immigrants and refugees, a conversation with “The Radium Girls” author Kate More, and a push to add more information to an ethics commission measure that heads to the ballot next fall
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with local advocates who work with immigrants and refugees in part two in…
Read More...NMiF examines the special legislative session, correspondent Megan Kamerick begins a month-long series on behavioral health services for New Mexicans, plus Civil Rights movement photographer Maria Varela.
It’s been nearly four years since the Martinez Administration stopped Medicaid payments to 15 nonprofits providing behavioral health services, accusing them of millions of dollars…
Read More...New focus on treatment for repeat DWI offenders might provide hope for alcohol addiction recovery. Also a controversial ATF sting, Plus Gene Grant and the Line Panel.
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we visit the DWI Recovery Court in Bernalillo County and hear how a focus on treatment for repeat…
Read More...Navigating the first year of college, plus The line Panel
This week on New Mexico in Focus, producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with high school seniors and a UNM undergraduate student to discuss the challenges…
Read More...Faculty and students from the Russian program at UNM discuss how they are responding to current events in the classroom. Plus Gene Grant and The Line Panel
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland looks at the undergraduate program in Russian language and culture at the University of New…
Read More...How uncertainty for international visitors is impacting groups in New Mexico, a look at the “soda tax,” and The Line Panel
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland looks at how uncertainty for international visitors is impacting groups in New Mexico that regularly…
Read More...A look at how tribal and state leaders are working to address the needs of Native American students in our schools, plus The Line Panel
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales looks at how individuals and programs are helping to reduce the dropout rate for Native…
Read More...A conversation with city officials and local business owners along Central about A.R.T. construction
This week on New Mexico in Focus, city officials and business owners weigh in on the controversial Albuquerque Rapid Transit project. Correspondent Megan Kamerick sits…
Read More...A conversation with outgoing CEO of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce Alex Romero, and a discussion about whether the state should release convicted felons who have already served 30 years in a lifetime sentence.
This week, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS looks at a problem that threatens to further strain New Mexico’s already overburdened criminal justice system. Correspondent Jeff Proctor…
Read More...The outcomes of the 2017 legislative session, the future of the A.R.T, and Gene Grant leads a discussion on domestic and community violence
This week, New Mexico in Focus takes a look at the issue of domestic violence and the role men can play in reducing it in…
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