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Understanding, Appreciating & Celebrating Juneteenth in New Mexico

By Myah Wilmarth June 14, 2024

This week, a group of New Mexico Black community leaders and elders tell us about the importance of celebrating Juneteenth. City Councilor Nichole Rogers talks about the International District being…

RECA Expires, Hopes Dwindle

By Danielle Prokop June 7, 2024

Time is up for the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act, and its loss twists the knife for communities across the West and South Pacific, who’ve carried the legacy of radiation…

Indigenous Celebration Cut by Farmington Schools as Protective Laws Fail Yet Again

By Shaun Griswold May 31, 2024

Technology has a way of showing us that with all its advancement, so much remains the same. Doom-scrolling through social media posts about local news, the NBA playoffs and garden…

Close Your Laptop — Now

By Jeff Proctor May 24, 2024

Greetings and salutations, New Mexico in Focus people. I’ve promised to be brief in this space before, then subjected you to 500 or 600 words of context about a particular…

A Fistful of Dollars

By Jeff Proctor May 17, 2024

So, the most expensive race in New Mexico this election season is…between two Democrats for the job of Bernalillo County district attorney? That’s right: Appointed incumbent Sam Bregman and challenger…