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.
The League of United Latin American Citizens is denying a claim by U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., that its members supported repealing birthright citizenship. Some Republicans have supported a law that would end giving citizenship to those born on United States soil unless the parents are citizens or permanent legal residents.
Civil rights activists, members of the Democratic Party and others gathered on Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza yesterday, calling for the resignation of a Bernalillo County commissioner who sent an e-mail they say was racist, homophobic, and grossly insensitive. In a surprise move, the commissioner, Michael Wiener showed up and apologized for the email, saying that he regretted sending it—but that he won’t resign.
A proposal by the State Land Office to swap over 14,000 acres of public trust land in northern New Mexico’s White Peak area for 9,650 acres of land owned by several big ranchers in other parts of the state has…
The League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to look into racial profiling in Roswell.
The Associated Press reports that Paul Martinez, the New Mexico director of LULAC, sent a letter…
Another prominent Latino has joined the Obama administration.
John Trasviña, the outgoing president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, known as MALDEF, is the president’s pick to be the next assistant secretary for…
National Latino leaders say Obama should appoint another Latino as Commerce Secretary in order to keep three Latinos in the Cabinet. And Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez is on their shortlist of potential contenders.
New Mexico is a target in the NRA’s national campaign to paint Barack Obama as a threat to gun owners. John McCain appears to be losing the battle for Hispanics, or it would seem that way in Española.…
