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.
President Obama’s 2010 budget would end nearly all federal funding for abstinence-only sex-ed, and launch a new teen pregnancy prevention initiative using “evidence-based” programs. The full details of the budget were released today and teen pregnancy groups quickly siezed on this major change.
Although New Mexico has refused to accept federal abstinence-only funds for sex-ed, community organizations received $1,349,883 in fiscal year 2008 to conduct abstinence-only programs.
But the Obama administration clearly rejects those programs, saying, “This budget redirects funds from the Community-Based Abstinence Education program to teen pregnancy prevention programs that have been shown to be effective. A 2007 evaluation of abstinence-only programs showed no impact on participants’ likelihood of engaging in sexual activity.”
