{"id":45367,"date":"2024-07-02T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=45367"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:09:20","slug":"a-little-bit-of-colonialism-and-a-little-bit-of-imperialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/a-little-bit-of-colonialism-and-a-little-bit-of-imperialism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018a little bit of colonialism and a little bit of imperialism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Coming up this week, we\u2019ll air an interview with Searchlight New Mexico\u2019s investigative reporter Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n, who covers New Mexico\u2019s nuclear legacy and future \u2014 and the New Cold War.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that conversation, Guzm\u00e1n and I dive deep into her award-winning story, \u201cBuried secrets, poisoned bodies,\u201d<\/a> the illegal autopsies scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and doctors at the Los Alamos Medical Center performed on people for over 35 years, and the unique challenges of being a reporter on the 21st century atomic beat. (And there\u2019s a sneak peek of that conversation on Instagram.)<\/a>    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you missed New Mexico in Focus last Friday, you can still watch a conversation with Thoreau High School students Reagan Russette, MiaBella Burrola, and Ezekiel Gonzales.<\/strong>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it’s like, a little bit of colonialism and a little bit of imperialism,\u201d said Burrola<\/a> when talking about the prevalence of uranium mines on Indigenous lands. \u201c…There\u2019s a lot of uranium mines and dumps on the Navajo Nation compared to other spots; it’s all on Native land. It’s like, \u2018We\u2019ve got all kinds of power and you guys are just the poor brown people that we could just dump our waste on. Because nobody cares about you.\u2019\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, they and other tenth graders from Thoreau wrote to media outlets and officials across the state, drawing attention to a recommended cleanup plan from the federal government. Our conversation was tough and surprising, and I hope you\u2019ll watch it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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