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.
In an interview with KNME’s Gwyneth Doland, State Auditor Hector Balderas, who is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, said he “absolutely” supported gay marriage.
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., released a video Tuesday announcing that he will support legislation that would effectively repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. The legislation, called the Respect for Marriage Act, is sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and progressive groups have been pressuring their senators to cosponsor the legislation.
The Clovis School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to end all extracurricular clubs from meeting during school hours . The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico says the decision comes as a way to stop a Gay-Straight Alliance from forming at Clovis High School
Visiting loved ones in the hospital when you don’t happen to be immediate family or legally married is about to become easier. President Barack Obama has mandated that any hospital participating in the Medicare or Medicaid programs allow hospital visitation rights to same-sex…
An attempt to define marriage as between on man and one woman failed in the Senate Rules Committee Monday by a vote of 5-2. Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, had proposed a constitutional amendment that would have added the phrase…
The Minnesota Independent is reporting that many members of Congress, including Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., are asking President Barack Obama to condemn a Ugandan bill that could result in the imprisonment and death of gays in Uganda.
A staffer for Congressman Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., will meet with anti-gay marriage activist Bob King according to the Washington D.C. blog DCist.com. The Washington D.C. city council voted to approve gay marriage earlier this month and King is a…
A meeting called to “discuss, promote, and strengthen the movement for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality in New Mexico” is being billed as “historic” by its organizers.
The day after the Proposition 8 ruling upholding the ban on gay marriage in California, Gallup released a a poll about how Americans view gay rights and the Los Angeles Times unveiled an interactive timeline of gay rights in America.
