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Reconciling with the past through place and story

Aerial view of trees and snowy ground.

February 12, 2021 – Snap open a map and read the place names listed across the landscape. Those words—the place names on the map—are decided by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a federal agency created more than a century ago to standardize place names throughout the United States.   But the world outside is different…

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The Biden Climate Plan and New Mexico’s Oil and Gas

An oil pump at work in the desert.

February 5, 2021 – Climate change is an important issue for New Mexico. But so is the economic impact of the oil and gas industry. As part of a series of stories looking at how President Joe Biden’s executive order on climate change might affect the state, correspondent Laura Paskus talks with New Mexico State…

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