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For the Turnstiles
Alexander Uballez tossed his name in the hat to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico…
Final issue of Our Land Weekly!
I hope that you each had time with friends, family, and the more-than-human world over the holidays. I was lucky…
See You in 2025
It’s been a long year for New Mexico in Focus, full of staffing challenges, toxic politics during a wild election…
Loving Our Changing Homelands, Reprise
Our world is changing. Quickly. The impacts of climate change are ramping up every day. But just because our forests…
‘Participatory Defense’
I remember being struck in July by one of the signs delegates and other attendees of the Republican National Convention…
Riding the sovereignty train, or how Ozzy Osbourne shaped my metaphorical views on being sovereign
Tribal sovereignty will continue to ride alongside the U.S. in a train headed toward a familiar and uncomfortable tunnel. What…
Don’t Agonize. Organize.
Earlier this year, Arturo Sandoval, founding director of the Center of Southwest Culture, spoke with me about his role organizing…
‘We’re All in This Together’
Tumbling down the rabbit hole of news spraying out from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition is an easy temptation: Gaetz out,…
What comes next?
On last week’s episode of New Mexico in Focus, I spoke with Julia Bernal, executive director of Pueblo Action Alliance.…
‘Computer Says No’
We’ve been looking for ways to address the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence over the last several months at New…
‘Capitalism, among other things, had made the wolf a wolf.’
Last Friday, the New Mexico Game Commission hosted a special listening session on Mexican gray wolf management in the state.…
Making Sense of the 2024 Election
There exists a near-endless list of places you could go and read an overwritten think-piece on how this year’s presidential…