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Before it was disbanded, state task force gave hope to Indigenous families with missing or murdered loved ones
Zachariah Juwaun Shorty was a compassionate, fun-loving 23-year-old who enjoyed making music and tattooing. A father, a brother and a…
“It really comes down to profits over people.”
To understand how two recent bills passed by the Albuquerque City Council will thwart efforts by South Valley neighborhoods to…
Machine Gun Manny
There’s no down-the-middle, dispassionate way to characterize the story that appeared Oct. 26 on the Albuquerque Journal’s front page under…
Goodbye to a good-hearted reporter
Last week, the Albuquerque City Council passed two bills from Councilor Dan Lewis. One abolished the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality…
News for the People
I’ve approached this space recently with a clear idea of what I wanted to say: context on the importance of…
Where’s F2754—and what might her future hold?
“We can’t solve a problem unless we can name it. Name the problems. Talk about them. Seek solutions.” That advice,…
Citizens’ Defense
By all official accounts, nearly a decade of federal oversight for the Albuquerque Police Department is lumbering to an end.…
Shhh…Listen
“I like to call [the Gila River] a reference river, a place that we can come and learn how rivers…
Love and Memory on New Mexico in Focus
…from the beginning of time,in childhood, I thoughtthat pain meantI was not loved.It meant I loved. -Louise Glück, “First Memory”…
Coming up Friday: Listening to the Gila
More than four years ago, the Our Land crew visited the Gila River to report on plans to divert water…
Back in the Classroom
It crystallized many of the things we tried to do with that show, which was get at the underlying causes…
‘First: Stop doing the harm.’
So much has happened since I interviewed Rebecca Clarren about her new book. We spoke almost a month ago, although…