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Searching for Solutions to NM’s Alcohol Problems
1.12.24 – In this second roundtable discussion, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks the panelists for conclusions and recommendations to course-correct the state’s worrying alcohol-related death…
History and Lobbying on NM Alcohol Legislation
1.12.24 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we open our show with an issue we’ve been following over the past couple years —…
Writer Nick Pappas Remembers NM Ghost Town with New Book, “Crosses of Iron”
12.8.23 – We look back on the lasting impact of a historic mining town in the northeast corner of the state. Correspondent Russell Contreras interviews…
How NM’s Redrawn Congressional Map Could Affect Future Elections
12.8.23 – In the last of a two-part discussion on New Mexico’s redrawn congressional map, KUNM reporter Nash Jones asks the special roundtable how 2024’s…
NM Supreme Court Upholds Redrawn Congressional Map
12.8.23 – Last month, the New Mexico Supreme Court handed Republicans a defeat when the justices ruled that the state’s redrawn congressional map was constitutional. …
Spike in Migrant Deaths on the Southern Border
12.8.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two journalists, Lauren Villagran of USA Today and Omar Ornelas…
Poetry As a Way To ‘Build Empathy’
12.1.23 – For New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, poetry is a way to “build empathy.” In conversation with Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus,…
State Rep., Teachers Union President on PED Calendar Change Proposal
12.1.23 – Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein and state Rep. Joy Garratt, an Albuquerque Democrat and former teacher, join Senior Producer Lou DiVizio in…
Santa Fe Music Teacher Questions PED Calendar Change Proposal
12.1.23 – The state Public Education Department wants to expand school calendars, increasing the number of instructional days required for students statewide. This proposal comes…
NM United’s Peter Trevisani on New Stadium
12.1.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, New Mexico United CEO and President Peter Trevisani stops by our studio for a one-on-one interview.…
Celebrating & Teaching Native American Heritage
11.24.23 – This month, Albuquerque libraries are celebrating Native American Heritage Month by displaying books from Native authors and films about Native American culture. But…
Engaging Youth to Address MMIWR Crisis
11.24.23 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales (Navajo) continues the conversation about the state disbanding it’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force in an…