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.
Though the Albuquerque teacher who surveyed his high school students on sexual experiences violated district policy on requesting sensitive information, he sought to address an issue that affects more New Mexican youth than those in most other states.
Did you know that health education is not a required course for high school graduation in New Mexico? That will change if Gov. Richardson signs a bill that cleared the Legislature today. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mary…
There is the possibility that supporters could convince Congress to change President Obama’s proposed budget to include some funding directly for abstinence-only programs. But New Mexico’s senators and representatives are not likely to champion those efforts.
President Obama’s 2010 budget proposes an end to the era of abstinence-only sex ed in America. If adopted by Congress, his plan would eliminate nearly all federal funding for abstinence-only, and replace it with a $110 million teen pregnancy prevention initiative using “evidence-based” programming.
In her series of interviews with Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin, CBS News anchor Katie Couric pressed both vice presidential candidates for their views on abortion and Roe v. Wade. (He’s pro-choice; she pro-life.) Couric also asked Palin about whether or not she supports contraception and the morning-after pill. But Palin’s answers in the Couric interview, and her past positions on these issues, have been contradictory.
