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Government

Posted inNuclear

The terrible emptiness of “Oppenheimer”

Avatar photo by Alicia Inez Guzmán August 8, 2023August 9, 2023

Bernice Gutierrez was eight days old when a light 10,000 times hotter than the surface of the sun cracked open the predawn sky. No one in south-central New Mexico knew where it came from, or that the tiniest units of matter could be split to unleash such energy. Nor could they know that when the […]

Posted inCriminal Justice

Will jail oversight be dimmed?

Avatar photo by Joshua Bowling October 20, 2022August 9, 2023

A proposal to alter the civilian oversight board that guides the Metropolitan Detention Center, New Mexico’s largest jail, is a tough sell for reform advocates.

Posted inEnvironment

Indigenous groups ask Supreme Court to overturn power shift

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt September 12, 2022December 16, 2022

Coalition asks the court to toss out an amendment that triggered the change

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At the border of the American dream

Avatar photo by Don J. Usner April 27, 2022October 28, 2022

The hidden world of New Mexico’s colonias

NM Attorney General Hector Balderas talks about the investigation and audit into Torrance County. Balderas is flanked by NM State Police Chief Tim Johnson and State Auditor Brian Colon. Thursday, May. 02, 2019
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Outside counsel

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt April 20, 2022August 17, 2022

Who’s financing the campaign for New Mexico attorney general?

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