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Loving Our Changing Homelands
No matter where you live, climate change should be on your mind. New Mexico is warming and it is drying.…
‘the economic argument holds a lot of sway in eclipsing the moral argument’
Coming up this Friday, you can watch an all-new Our Land special, “Loving Our Changing Homelands.” The show features visits…
Bring in the Reinforcements
It often feels like the news is bad, all the time, and getting worse. This week in particular I’ve cringed…
‘a little bit of colonialism and a little bit of imperialism’
Coming up this week, we’ll air an interview with Searchlight New Mexico’s investigative reporter Alicia Inez Guzmán, who covers New…
Questions Remain for July’s Special Session
This week New Mexico in Focus looks ahead to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s special session in July. You’ll hear from…
Minimizing Harm
Earlier this year, tenth graders from Thoreau High School wrote to media outlets and officials across the state, drawing attention to…
The Journalism of Fire
Here we are again, the time of year in which nmfireinfo.com becomes a regular part of our daily reading diet. As I…
“We never gave up.”
As Our Land Weekly readers well know, in 2016, the Pueblo of Santa Ana paid the King family more than…
Understanding, Appreciating & Celebrating Juneteenth in New Mexico
This week, a group of New Mexico Black community leaders and elders tell us about the importance of celebrating Juneteenth.…
RECA Expires, Hopes Dwindle
Time is up for the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act, and its loss twists the knife for communities across the…
“Unfortunately, that fear became a reality…”
Last week, I wrote about the accident that killed Tim Hart, one of the smokejumpers sent to fight the Eicks…
Indigenous Celebration Cut by Farmington Schools as Protective Laws Fail Yet Again
Technology has a way of showing us that with all its advancement, so much remains the same. Doom-scrolling through social…