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YNMG & COVID: To Be Heard And Counted

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Episode 49 is all about the elections that are still coming up and the 2020 census. Advocates tell us that New Mexico is hard to count because it’s big, area-wise, and because plenty of communities are intentionally discouraged from filling it out through fear tactics. The census determines how much federal funding comes to the state for all…

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COVID-19 Response: Making It Happen

A person wearing a facemask stands next to a machine labeled "ShopBot".

We devote Episode 46 to local companies and makers who have switched up what they create or kicked production into high gear to make personal protective equipment and parts for ventilators. They’re trying to fill the gaps at hospitals, for first responders and for other essential workers in New Mexico. Until the pandemic, 5 Ton Monkey did…

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