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Before it was disbanded, state task force gave hope to Indigenous families with missing or murdered loved ones

By Bella Davis November 24, 2023

Zachariah Juwaun Shorty was a compassionate, fun-loving 23-year-old who enjoyed making music and tattooing. A father, a brother and a grandson, he would “fill the room with just a smile,”…

Machine Gun Manny

By Jeff Proctor November 17, 2023

There’s no down-the-middle, dispassionate way to characterize the story that appeared Oct. 26 on the Albuquerque Journal’s front page under the headline, “Former BernCo sheriff, undersheriff named in cross-country machine…

News for the People

By Jeff Proctor November 11, 2023

I’ve approached this space recently with a clear idea of what I wanted to say: context on the importance of citizen police oversight in Albuquerque, which we tackled in last…

Citizens’ Defense

By Jeff Proctor November 4, 2023

By all official accounts, nearly a decade of federal oversight for the Albuquerque Police Department is lumbering to an end. Whether the court-enforced consent decree between the U.S. Justice Department…

Love and Memory on New Mexico in Focus

By Jeff Proctor October 27, 2023

…from the beginning of time,in childhood, I thoughtthat pain meantI was not loved.It meant I loved. -Louise Glück, “First Memory” Perhaps I’ve been straining to mention Louise Glück, whose poems…