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New ‘Period Pods’ Aim to Limit Period Poverty in Santa Fe
11.3.23 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales visits the director of Free Flow New Mexico, and three other people who have been vital in getting a new…
Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930
11.3.23 – Founded at the turn of the 20th century, Blackdom was a freedom colony in southern New Mexico formed by Black settlers hoping to…
New Mexico’s Water Solutions are Possible—but not Easy
11.3.23 – Over the past decade, former New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission director Norman Gaume has urged lawmakers to fund state water agencies and protect…
Policing the Police
11.3.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews outgoing Albuquerque City Council President Pat Davis about delays in council’s…
Listening to the Gila
10.27.23 – Rarely in the United States do we remember that rivers are living beings themselves—and they have something to teach us. With funding from…
Daily Lobo Journalists Uncover Clery Act Violations at UNM
10.27.23 – Earlier this month, the Daily Lobo student newspaper broke a story documenting the University of New Mexico’s violations of a federal transparency act.…
Police Shootings in New Mexico: The Prosecutions
10.27.23 – In the second part of a two-part discussion on police shootings, Jeff asks the group why legislators are advocating for the creation of…
Police Shootings in New Mexico: The Investigations
10.27.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we have an in-depth two-part conversation about police shootings in New Mexico. According to an analysis…
School Counselors Assess the Student Experience in 2023
10.20.23 – COVID, remote learning, returning to school and concerns about safety are all major challenges that have snowballed for students in recent years. Executive…
Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in NM Schools
10.20.23 – Chronic absenteeism has long persisted in New Mexico’s rollcall of school problems. The rate ticked down in the most recently completed school year,…
PED Cabinet Secretary on the State’s Response to Yazzie-Martinez Ruling
10.20.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we turn our attention to three education issues we’ve been following closely in recent weeks and…
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in NM
10.13.23 – This spring, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 15 into law. It expands the age range for young immigrants eligible to access…