Plus, Barelas and South Broadway residents talk stadium

Police chiefs respond to concerns about bias and victim-blaming in MMIWR cases

Kara Plummer, one of the organizers of the MMIW rally earlier this month, uses a bullhorn to do call and response with attendees marching through Old Town.

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Advocates for Indigenous relatives who are missing say racism and stigma around hardships lead officers to treat MMIWR cases dismissively at first, as precious time ticks away after someone has disappeared.

Source New Mexico raised these issues with APD Chief Harold Medina and Navajo Nation PD Chief Phillip Francisco. Read more

South Broadway and Barelas residents talk stadium proposal

United mural at the corner of Second Street at Coal near where the stadium would be built

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Despite a late September ad blitz by United for what the soccer team was calling the "people's stadium," it's looking like the bond that would fund its construction is not favored by voters, according to a poll released by the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday, Oct. 24.

Around 55% of voters are against the proposal, with 37% in support, poll numbers show.

Hear from people in the two neighborhoods where the United stadium could be built — Barelas and South Broadway — about the $50 million bond proposal on the ballot right now. Read more

Organizers demand Federal Reserve work for workers

Fed policy exacerbates long-term unemployment that hits Black and Latino communities especially hard, activists say

“I’ve watched my community struggle with the way the news portrays unemployed people, labeling them as lazy or not wanting to work,” says Ree Chavez from OLÉ.

Organizers around the country demanded the Federal Reserve support full employment last week, saying the Fed's policies help create the racial wealth gap in the U.S. Read more

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell is greeted by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) as he arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in 2019 in Washington, D.C.

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COVID-19 boosters from Moderna, J&J OK’d along with ‘mix and match’ shots

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Newly authorized booster shots come as the sharp spike in infections and deaths caused by that delta variant has begun to wane.

Tens of millions of additional Americans are now eligible to receive a booster dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines, after federal health officials gave the green light late Thursday to follow-up doses of the shots made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Read more

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