I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
One group in favor of domestic partnership legislation has taken a creative route in advocating for the legislation in New Mexico. The American Civil Liberties Union has created several short videos of New Mexicans explaining why they would benefit from domestic partnership.
In this one, a straight, elderly woman explains, in Spanish, why she and her partner of more than 30 years want to become domestic partners. “Now that we finally want to get married, Social Security tells me that our benefits will be greatly reduced,” Julia Jones says. If the couple married, she explains, they’ll each lose $500 per month.
There are more videos posted here.
