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The Line: Racism Charge Over Failed Legislative Proposal

The word racism is spelled out on a wooden board.

March 16, 2018 – Legislators again failed to pass a proposal to expand early childhood education using money from the Land Grant Permanent Fund, and took issue when Allen Sánchez, executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Bishops, called the action racist. Were his remarks inflammatory? Was he referring to structural or institutional racism,…

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Ricardo Caté On Drawing Cartoons that Address Controversial Topics

The cover of the book without reservations.

February 15, 2018 – Cartoonist Ricardo Caté is the only Native cartoonist whose work appears regularly in a daily major newspaper, the Santa Fe New Mexican. His cartoon “Without Reservations” addresses both current and past political issues. Caté sits down this week with producer Sarah Gustavus to talk about the controversy surrounding a cartoon published…

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