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Our Mayoral Election Series Concludes; ‘Officer-Induced Jeopardy’

By Jeff Proctor • October 17, 2025

Something wicked this way comes… Wait. That’s something else and, of course, I am not Ray Bradbury. What I meant to say is that Election Day rapidly approaches — Nov. 4,…

Gov. Lujan Grisham Weighs in on the Special Session

By Nash Jones • October 10, 2025

The governor and Legislature are co-equal branches of the state government. So, they don’t always see eye-to-eye, which in terms of their roles of checking and balancing one another isn’t…

Special Session in Santa Fe Moves Swiftly as Five Bills Pass

By Jeff Proctor • October 3, 2025

Lawmakers passed a handful of bills favored by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a two-day special legislative session that concluded Thursday in Santa Fe. The idea was to backfill…

We All Have a Role to Play in Preventing Suicide

By Nash Jones • September 29, 2025

More people took their own lives last year in New Mexico than the year before. New data from the state Department of Health shows a nearly 10% rise in suicide…

What it Means for Indigenous People to Tell Their Own Stories

By Bella Davis • September 19, 2025

In the opening scene of Pueblo Revolt, a play set in what’s now New Mexico in the late 1600s, Isleta Pueblo boy Feem Whim rehearses introducing himself to his crush Guillermo,…