Fear Of A Brown Planet?

“Unfortunate” and “chilling?” How about insulting and xenophobic? Local advocates may have held back a bit last week when they condemned Republican Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard “R.J.” Berry and the New Mexico Republican Party for blaming a brutal murder on the city’s existing immigration policies. Albuquerque police have charged suspected members of a hardcore El [...]

Advocates With a Pen

There’s been so much talk about the decline of the traditional media and concern about what kind of in-depth journalism might rise up to up to take its place. But I’m more encouraged now about the future of journalism since I’ve seen the ambitious and righteous project called  “Divided Families,” a series of stories by [...]

NM Senate this week: The Reckless and The Feckless

First, the reckless: On Thursday, the NM State Senate, counting on a new housing bubble, passed the Linda Lopez (D-Albuq.) sponsored SunCal TIDD bill.  Now if the measure gets through the House, hundreds of millions of future taxpayer dollars will go to subsidize sprawl on Albuquerque’s Westside and benefit a California land developer.  Like every [...]