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Gaza Looms Over Election for some Native People

By Bella Davis | October 18, 2024

Nicole Pelt (Diné) says she’s voting for Kamala Harris, partly because she’s worried a second Donald Trump presidency will lead…

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Close-up of the Great Seal of the State of New Mexico, featuring an eagle and the motto "Crescit Eundo," with assorted coins in the background.

Money Can’t Buy You Love, but it Buys Political Access

By Lou DiVizio | October 11, 2024

We’re officially in the homestretch of election season. Early voting has begun, and we’re all being forced to wade through…

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An Inflection Point for NM’s Largest Newspaper

By Jeff Proctor | October 4, 2024

A Rio Rancho municipal court judge on Thursday, Oct. 3, ordered Albuquerque Journal Executive Editor Patrick Ethridge released from the Sandoval…

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Two individuals, one standing and one crouching with a camera, watch a sunset over a barren landscape on a clear evening, their eyes reflecting the distant shimmer of water.

End of an Era

By Laura Paskus | October 1, 2024

More than seven years ago, I worked on my first episode of Our Land. I’d never reported for television and…

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Food and Housing Insecurity at NM Colleges

By Lou DiVizio | September 27, 2024

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we get some context on a recent study with some pretty staggering statistics.…

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‘They need to be doing more work that solves human problems.’

By Laura Paskus | September 24, 2024

On last week’s episode of New Mexico in Focus, I hosted two conversations about the proposed new transmission line to…

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Friday’s show: Caja del Rio

By Laura Paskus | September 17, 2024

Last week, the U.S. Forest Service announced that a proposed new transmission line to Los Alamos National Laboratory will have…

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Learn about connecting with landscape and community!

By Laura Paskus | September 10, 2024

Over the past few years, I’ve worked with educator Mollie Parsons to develop lesson plans for New Mexico middle school…

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A large puppet is set on fire at night, showing flames and smoke as it burns.

Burn It

By Jeff Proctor | August 30, 2024

Feeling some gloom in your life? Of course you are, but what to do? If you’re a New Mexican, you…

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Cover of the book "Fluid Geographies: Water, Science, and Settler Colonialism in New Mexico" by K. Maria D. Lane, featuring a historical map as the background.

Water management as a tool for taking land

By Laura Paskus | August 20, 2024

Last week, I wrote that I wouldn’t visit your inbox until September 10. But I didn’t want to take a…

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A beige tote bag with the words "OUR LAND: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present and Future" printed on it, hanging among tall green plants and sunflowers, reflecting the vital importance of water in sustaining this vibrant landscape.

Rio Chama sediment, atomic bomb survivors, and more

By Laura Paskus | August 13, 2024

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the University of New Mexico’s Dr. K. Maria Lane joins me in the…

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A row of tents, shopping carts, and personal belongings line a sidewalk in front of a barbed-wire fence, indicating a homeless encampment.

Solutions Not Scapegoats, Please

By Lou DiVizio | August 9, 2024

It’s been nearly a year since I’ve used this space to write about homelessness, an issue that seems to be…

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