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By Robert Witsenhausen | Mar 19, 2025
The 1969 song “In the Year 2525” foretells of a dystopian future, in which “your arms are hanging limp by your sides, your legs got nothing to do, some machine’s doing that for you.”
By Jim Townsend | Mar 15, 2025
New Mexico is facing a healthcare emergency that demands immediate action. We have a severe shortage of medical doctors.
By Jodi Hendricks | Mar 15, 2025
Too often in New Mexico, women facing unexpected pregnancies feel trapped—pushed toward abortion not because it’s their first choice, but because they believe it’s their only option.
By Sarah Smith | Mar 15, 2025
New Mexico is ranked 50th in the Nation for education. Academic proficiencies for New Mexico schools are shocking.
By Tom Vaillancourt | Mar 15, 2025
“These are the best of times and the worst of times.” This famous quote from Charles Dickens has been slightly altered here—from “It was” to “These”—because these are the times we are living in.
By Jodi Hendricks | Mar 15, 2025
The New Mexico Senate Education Committee just made one thing clear: Parents don’t matter. During the recent hearing on SB 552, the Protection of School Library Materials Act, many concerned citizens tried to voice their opposition.
By Nickie McCarty | Mar 15, 2025
Year after year, New Mexico finds itself at the bottom of national education rankings—dead last.
By Nickie McCarty | Mar 15, 2025
New Mexico’s congressional women leaders proudly wore pink during President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress on Tuesday, in what they called a symbol of “power and protest.”
By Brian C. Nixon | Mar 15, 2025
Walking into Exhibit 208 a few months back, I was struck by marvelously rendered black and white portraits, paintings that conjured historical photographs but executed in a contemporary style.
By Carla Sonntag | Mar 13, 2025
We have serious problems in this state and New Mexicans need to realize that we all have a part to play in finding solutions.
By Jodi Hendricks | Mar 6, 2025
Every child is precious. Every parent deserves a voice. Families should be empowered to make informed decisions about their children's well-being. Senate Bill 500, the Detransitioner Protection Act, embodies these principles.
By Brian C. Nixon | Mar 5, 2025
Walking into the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in Tucson, Arizona, my mind goes back to when I was a child growing up in “Old Pueblo,” Tucson’s nickname.
By Sarah Smith | Feb 27, 2025
Most parents intuitively know that exposing their children to age-inappropriate explicit content can be harmful. Researchers have also investigated this and have found connections between children being exposed to sexually explicit materials and potential harms.
By Nickie McCarty | Feb 25, 2025
Whether you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life, we can all agree that if a child is born alive, she deserves medical care, regardless of how she was born. There is no controversy.
By Brian C. Nixon | Feb 25, 2025
Contrary to what some websites declare, artist and printmaker Dan Socha is residing on planet earth. Or, as artist and curator Kim Arthun tells me, “Dan is very much still alive.” At 82, his work is as strong as ever.
By Nickie McCarty | Feb 22, 2025
The fight to protect women’s sports in New Mexico has reached a critical juncture. Concerned Women for America (CWA) of New Mexico strongly supports President Trump’s executive order affirming that women’s sports should be reserved for biological females.
By Brian C. Nixon | Feb 21, 2025
For any human to lose his or her hearing is overwhelming. For a composer, it’s catastrophic.
By Ken Miyagashima | Feb 19, 2025
"Don’t judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes." This timeless saying is relevant to several points I wish to discuss.
By Mark Tobiassen | Feb 19, 2025
When it comes to HB-11, much has been discussed about the additional financial burden it places on both employees and businesses.
