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New Head of ACLU of NM on Civil Liberties in 2025
6.20.25 – Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico, weighs in on a few specific cases his organization is working…
“No Kings” Protest Draws Thousands in ABQ
6.20.25 – On Saturday, June 14, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Albuquerque’s North Valley to voice their anger and distrust of President Trump and his…
Leon Howard Named New Head of ACLU of NM
6.20.25 – This week, we sit down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss his priorities as…
ABQ Pride Celebrates Without Federal Support
6.13.25 – June is Pride Month and this past weekend, Albuquerque held its annual parade down Route 66. In a year that’s seen a slew…
New Head of NM MLK, Jr. Commission on Group’s Future
6.13.25 – In March, the New Mexico Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission named Dannelle Kirven as its new executive director. This week, Kirven stopped by…
How NM Celebrates Juneteenth in 2025
6.13.25 – New Mexicans have celebrated Juneteenth for decades – long before it became a state holiday in 2006 and a federal holiday in 2021.…
IAIA President on Proposed Federal Cuts
6.13.25 – Questions remain for Santa Fe’s Institute of the American Indian Arts as the school’s federal funding is threatened to be cut. Robert Martin,…
Forest Stewards Guild Talks Prescribed Burns and Resiliency in NM
6.6.25 – Host Nash Jones sits down with two members of the Santa Fe-based nonprofit Forest Stewards Guild to talk about their use of prescribed…
What NM Officials Expect from the 2025 Fire Season
6.6.25 – Since New Mexico’s fire season began this spring, about 25 local jurisdictions have imposed some level of fire restriction. In May, Gov. Michelle…
Planting Seeds in a Burn Scar
6.6.25 – In 2022, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than 340,000 acres of spruce, fir and ponderosa pine. Today, recovery for the forest…
APD Shooting Victim’s Parents Offer Message to Other Families
5.30.25 – Steve and Renetta Torres lost their son, Christopher, in 2011 when two plainclothes APD detectives jumped a wall into the family’s back yard…
Civil Rights Lawyer on Maintaining the ‘Scaffolding’ for Reform
5.30.25 – Albuquerque-based civil rights lawyer Mark Fine talks about some of the under-discussed benefits of the reform effort — with transparency at APD topping…