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.
Although Arizona’s controversial immigration law is not scheduled to go into effect until the end of July, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is warning travelers about traveling West over the Fourth of July holiday. The group has released a fold-up card (also in Spanish) advising New Mexicans of their rights if they’re stopped by law enforcement while in Arizona.
“Our proud tradition of diversity and multi-culturalism means that one in two New Mexicans would fit the racial profile that police will inevitably use to enforce the law,” Peter Simonson, Executive Director of the ACLU-NM said in a statement Wednesday.
