New Mexico Independent: Comments by Denise Tessier

Denise Tessier — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:16:34 GMT

Nora,
Sorry to take so long to answer your question, but these are the U.S. figures for women’s wages compared to men as a whole group.

According to the Southwest Women’s Law Center report summary, the wage gap for minority women is even worse when compared to white men: In 2004 in New Mexico, Hispanic women earned 53 percent, Native American women earned 55 percent, and African American women earned 58 percent of what white men earned.

The report says,”The earnings gap for minority women AND men compared to white men is extremely high, but it is compounded for minority women.”

Denise Tessier — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:05:06 GMT

Since this round-up was posted, Ashley Meeks of the Las Cruces Sun-News has reported that Garrey Carruthers is out and James L. McDonough is in as New Mexico State University’s interim president, selected on a 4-1 vote by the regents. Read the whole story in the Sun-News at http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_9502506.

Denise Tessier — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:51:25 GMT

Here’s a disturbing example of the Monsanto vs. small farmers scenario Benito refers to in his comment above: http://www.percyschmeiser.com/crime.htm

Denise Tessier — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:51:33 GMT

Written testimony of five of the six hearing witnesses is now available online through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hear…

Denise Tessier — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:02:18 GMT

A correction: Thanks to Les Crowder for bringing to my attention that while most nut trees are pollinated by bees, pecans are actually pollinated by the wind.