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.
Helena Chemical Company won a defamation lawsuit against Arturo Uribe, a 40-year old social worker who lives near a warehouse owned by the Tennessee-based Helena Chemical Company, and had spoken out repeatedly about the company. Two months prior to Helena’s suit against him, Uribe and 22 community members sued the company–which had been repeatedly cited for air quality violations–saying its emissions were making local children sick.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always had a fascination with David and Goliath-type battles. So when the news came down Tuesday that the Helena Chemical Company of Collierville, Tennessee, filed suit against community activist Arturo Uribe of Mesquite, New Mexico, for alleged defamation and slander, I took immediate notice.
