Posts Tagged ‘current affairs’
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
November 29, 2019 – While she is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Joy Harjo has long ties to New Mexico. She graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of New Mexico. In June, the Library of Congress named Harjo America’s poet laureate.…
Read MoreOur Land: Kirtland Air Force Base Fuel Spill Update
October 11, 2019 – New Mexico’s past, present and future are inextricably linked to the military. While the state’s three military bases, two national labs and other test sites provide a steady stream of federal dollars, they come at a cost. In Albuquerque, decades of jet fuel leaks at Kirtland Air Force Base have polluted…
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