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.
If you read one blog today, read this one. Barelas Babe of Duke City Fix writes on a very New Mexican topic: bilingualism. She talks about language hybrids, like Spanglish and others; the language of different generations; and the special flair bilingualism gives New Mexico.
Meanwhile, on to the political. Matt Brix from Clearly New Mexico comes down once again on the Albuquerque Journal, warning about what can happen if anyone says anything that goes against the beliefs of the newspaper. He warns about what he sees to be the paper’s lack of separation between political agenda and reporting.
And Kate Nash weighs in on the state GOP’s new political director, Sergio Garcia.
On to social analogs:
Democracy for New Mexico posts a blog regarding Rachel Maddow’s political and social critique of the Obama administration’s recent support of the Defense of Marriage Act. And Peter St. Cyr has several postings about the gay pride celebrations that took place in Albuquerque this past weekend.
