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‘We’re All in This Together’

By Jeff Proctor | November 22, 2024

Tumbling down the rabbit hole of news spraying out from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition is an easy temptation: Gaetz out,…

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‘Computer Says No’ 

By Lou DiVizio | November 15, 2024

We’ve been looking for ways to address the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence over the last several months at New…

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Making Sense of the 2024 Election

By Jeff Proctor | November 8, 2024

There exists a near-endless list of places you could go and read an overwritten think-piece on how this year’s presidential…

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A Quadruple Dose of Candidate Conversations

By Jeff Proctor | November 1, 2024

Consider this week’s episode of New Mexico in Focus something of a mad dash to the finish line of what…

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Book cover titled "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise," with "20" and "25" in large blue and red numbers. Foreword by Kevin Roberts, PhD. Edited by Paul Dans and Steven Groves.

Whose Plan Is it, Anyway?

By Jeff Proctor | October 25, 2024

It’s election season, which means I’ve seen enough political yard signs around town the last several weeks to have taken…

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Gaza Looms Over Election for some Native People

By Bella Davis | October 18, 2024

Nicole Pelt (Diné) says she’s voting for Kamala Harris, partly because she’s worried a second Donald Trump presidency will lead…

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Money Can’t Buy You Love, but it Buys Political Access

By Lou DiVizio | October 11, 2024

We’re officially in the homestretch of election season. Early voting has begun, and we’re all being forced to wade through…

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An Inflection Point for NM’s Largest Newspaper

By Jeff Proctor | October 4, 2024

A Rio Rancho municipal court judge on Thursday, Oct. 3, ordered Albuquerque Journal Executive Editor Patrick Ethridge released from the Sandoval…

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Food and Housing Insecurity at NM Colleges

By Lou DiVizio | September 27, 2024

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we get some context on a recent study with some pretty staggering statistics.…

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Burn It

By Jeff Proctor | August 30, 2024

Feeling some gloom in your life? Of course you are, but what to do? If you’re a New Mexican, you…

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A row of tents, shopping carts, and personal belongings line a sidewalk in front of a barbed-wire fence, indicating a homeless encampment.

Solutions Not Scapegoats, Please

By Lou DiVizio | August 9, 2024

It’s been nearly a year since I’ve used this space to write about homelessness, an issue that seems to be…

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A Quarter Century of Civil Liberties

By Jeff Proctor | August 5, 2024

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hadn’t yet occurred when Peter Simonson took over as executive director of the American Civil…

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