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Policing in 2020 and Beyond: Behavioral Health
September 25, 2020 – Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller wants to create a new Department of Community Safety, which would shift some emergency calls to behavioral…
Policing in 2020 and Beyond: Legal Issues
September 25, 2020 – During this year’s special legislative session, lawmakers approved a plan to create a new civil rights commission. One of the tasks…
Policing in 2020 and Beyond: Black Lives Matter Movement and Community Organizing
September 25, 2020 – Recent protests in New Mexico have kept the issue of police brutality in the headlines. But, what are the specific reform…
Policing in 2020 and Beyond: APD and the DOJ Consent Decree
September 25, 2020 – 2020 has had its share of challenges, from a global pandemic, to economic upheaval and civil and political unrest. And, all…
The Moral Problem of America’s Poverty
Sept. 18, 2020 – Rev. William Barber II is the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, an economic justice effort first envisioned by Rev. Martin…
Tribes, Power, and Water
Sept. 11, 2020 – In the western United States, rivers like the Colorado River and the Rio Grande were carved up under compacts in the…
Laura Paskus Writes About Climate Change in New Mexico
August 28, 2020 – Our Land producer and NMiF correspondent Laura Paskus has authored a new book. At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate looks…
Bracing for Eviction Increase
August 28, 2020 – Evictions based on a temporary inability to pay rent are in no one’s best interest. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, many…
Online Indian Market
August 14, 2020 – COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the economy across New Mexico, including on tourism and the arts in tribal communities. Many Native artists…
All We’ve Surveyed: Five Years After the Gold King Mine Spill
By Laura Paskus Five years ago, crews reopening an abandoned mine in the mountains of southern Colorado breached a containment wall, spewing three million gallons…
The Governor on Bringing New Mexicans Through COVID Crisis
August 7, 2020 – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been shepherding New Mexico through the COVID-19 crisis since the first case hit the state in March. NMiF producer Matt Grubs talks to…
COVID-19 Survivor Tells Her Story
July 24, 2020 – While most people who contract COVID-19 have mild or no symptoms, others are taken to hospitals for life-threatening situations. NMIF correspondent…