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A person stands in the middle of a cornfield examining the crops, ensuring they have ample water. Cloudy sky and mountains are visible in the background.

‘Home’s the place we head for in our sleep.’

By Laura Paskus | August 6, 2024

Yesterday, we visited the Pueblo of Acoma and saw the field we filmed in early April in its full green…

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A vintage map shows Albuquerque, New Mexico, overlaid with a faded radiation symbol radiating from a central point in the state.

A Quarter Century of Civil Liberties

By Jeff Proctor | August 5, 2024

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hadn’t yet occurred when Peter Simonson took over as executive director of the American Civil…

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As courts usurp federal regulatory authority, New Mexicans will suffer ‘grave harm’

By Myah Wilmarth | August 1, 2024

Everyone likes having clean water to drink or clean air to breathe. Yet, industry and industry-backed politicians and judges continue eroding…

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‘There is no more local story than the environment’

By Laura Paskus | July 23, 2024

Dear friends, Last week, NMPBS’s Antony Lostetter and I headed back up to Mora, after filming there with our colleague…

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Two grocery bags on a wooden floor filled with fresh produce, including apples, bananas, and a cabbage, and packaged bread.

Revisiting Food Justice in New Mexico

By Antonio Sanchez | July 19, 2024

This week, we revisit “Food Justice in NM & Woodstock Oral Histories,” an episode we first ran in April. The…

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A car is driving down a dirt road through a grassy field, with a fence on the left and forested hills in the background, while a shimmering body of water lies just beyond the trees.

Loving Our Changing Homelands

By Laura Paskus | July 16, 2024

No matter where you live, climate change should be on your mind.      New Mexico is warming and it is drying.…

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‘the economic argument holds a lot of sway in eclipsing the moral argument’

By Laura Paskus | July 9, 2024

Coming up this Friday, you can watch an all-new Our Land special, “Loving Our Changing Homelands.” The show features visits…

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Bring in the Reinforcements

By Gwyneth Doland | July 5, 2024

It often feels like the news is bad, all the time, and getting worse. This week in particular I’ve cringed…

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‘a little bit of colonialism and a little bit of imperialism’

By Laura Paskus | July 2, 2024

Coming up this week, we’ll air an interview with Searchlight New Mexico’s investigative reporter Alicia Inez Guzmán, who covers New…

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Questions Remain for July’s Special Session

By Lou DiVizio | June 28, 2024

This week New Mexico in Focus looks ahead to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s special session in July. You’ll hear from…

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Minimizing Harm

By Laura Paskus | June 25, 2024

Earlier this year, tenth graders from Thoreau High School wrote to media outlets and officials across the state, drawing attention to…

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A large plume of smoke rises from a wildfire in a forested mountainous area, partially obscuring the sky. The foreground features a metal guardrail along a road.

The Journalism of Fire

By Jeff Proctor | June 21, 2024

Here we are again, the time of year in which nmfireinfo.com becomes a regular part of our daily reading diet. As I…

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