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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

Posts Tagged Racism

NAACP condemns racism in tea party; Palin denies claims

By | 07.14.10 | 3:58 pm

Delegates at a meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People voted this week to adopt a resolution calling on tea party organizers to denounce racists in their ranks. The NAACP cited the claims of three…

Confirming the wise Latina

By | 07.14.09 | 12:01 am

The fact that Judge Sonia Sotomayor believes that policy is made in the courts troubles strict constructionists. All too many on the left dismiss this legitimate concern as nothing more than thinly disguised racism. Any opposition to Sotomayor is racist by definition. Case closed.

Don’t be resigned. Push back against racism

By | 10.13.08 | 9:07 am

Three more weeks. As with most Americans I figure, the economic news is weighing heavily on my mind when I consider the presidential race. All I really want to do is study this situation, which seems decidedly non-partisan to me. Rather, it’s a failure of capitalism which is as non-partisan as you can get. If only I could focus. But I can’t. Instead I’m thinking about race in America. As in, Race.