Experts are calling for reforms in New Mexico’s child welfare system. Ed Williams from Searchlight New Mexico reports.
Category: Justice New Mexico
Turning guns into plowshares
Amidst a backdrop of trauma and loss in an at-risk school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, students take a creative approach to address gun violence’s impact on their lives. Collaborating with a non-profit organization, the students repurpose surrendered firearms into art and tools, aiming to raise awareness about gun violence’s consequences in their community.
UNM seeks input on campus safety
By Elijah Barela
UNM’s Campus Climate Survey seeks student input that could be used to make changes on campus.
Roberta Ramo helped pave the way for Title IX
By Skye McMillon
As Women’s History Month comes to an end, one thing that continues is the historic change in women’s sports thanks to Title IX and thanks to influential women like Albuquerque lawyer Roberta Cooper Ramo.
APD sets up new cop shop at UNM
By Syaire Riley
Officer Michael Santana is one of 40 new officers working to stop crime around the campus of UNM. It’s part of an APD effort to concentrate more resources in the UNM area.
Lawmakers consider voting rights
By Syaire Riley
The New Mexico Voting Rights Act is a 45-page bill sponsored by House Democratic leaders, designed to expand and protect the right to vote.
Who paid for Solomon Pena’s campaign
By Joshua Bowling/Searchlight NM
Before he was accused of orchestrating the shootings at elected officials’ homes, he was able to court an influential New Mexico conservative.
Clemency for Leonard Peltier demanded decades after his incarceration
By Maddie Pukite/Source NM
People in Albuquerque joined others across the country demanding the release of Leonard Peltier from federal prison.
“He was meant to be made an example of, to show people this is what happens if you speak out”
UNM reels from violence on campus
By Joey Wagner
Most college campuses are relatively safe, but UNM students are anxious about violence after a recent shooting outside the dorms.