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Tularosa Downwinders Try Again

An atomic bomb explodes in a vast field.

September 10, 2021 – The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium has been trying for years to get the U.S. government to compensate families who were impacted by the Trinity nuclear test. So far, they’ve been barred from accessing federal money though the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, and the deadline to file a claim is less than…

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Senator Ben Ray Luján

Congressional portrait of Senator Ben Ray Luján.

May 21, 2021 – US Sen. Ben Ray Luján is the new freshman senator from New Mexico – and the first Hispanic senator from the state in a generation. He comes from a political family and spent a decade in the U.S House of Representatives before abandoning a leadership post for his Senate run. Sen. Luján spoke with NMiF correspondent Russell Contreras about his first months in the new body and…

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