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NM Outshines Colorado in Tourism Attractions

My plan was simple. I was going to meet my brother and his family at a favorite haunt in western Colorado. I’m no longer...

Forgiveness Frees You, Not the Other Person

I just can’t let it go and it continues to haunt me. How could she do it, I keep asking myself over and over...

Political Violence and Kirk’s Legacy

While enjoying lunch last Wednesday a lunchmate looked up from his phone to tell us Charlie Kirk had been shot. For the next hour or...

A Statement Against Racial Profiling: This Is Not Who We Are

As a proud Chicana whose father fought fascism in World War II, I am compelled to speak out against the Supreme Court’s unconscionable decision...

Charlie Kirk: Converter

Charlie Kirk has been called many things, including an influencer, especially of young people. A better label might be “converter.” The power to speak truth...

From 9/11 to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination — How Political Violence Has Metastasized

“It was one of us.” In that one short sentence after the alleged gunman was caught, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox began to address the...

Crime Is a Choice: Politics Should Never Come Before Public Safety

By Amy Barela In New Mexico, crime has become more than a statistic — it has become a daily reality for families, businesses, and entire...

Do Your Best to be the Light in Someone’s World

What does failure look like? It’s a question I ask myself all the time. Often the answer stares right back at me in the mirror. At...

Remembering Katrina and New Orleans

Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in New Orleans. One of the country’s deadliest and costly disasters, Katrina submerged 80%...

Lawmakers Try to Understand Detention Centers

New Mexico has three ICE detention centers in Otero, Torrance and Cibola counties. The governor is considering a bill to ban immigration detention facilities...

It’s Not Enough to Sit on the Sidelines

I came across a young man from Española. I was shopping in a different city and as we started talking, he asked where I...

Sanitizing History is a Dangerous Exercise

The history police are at it again. Taos officials want to rename Kit Carson Park, and the president aims to scrub “propaganda” from the...

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