UNM has started a wellness initiative based in Navajo teachings that is helping students foster their sense of community.
Category: New Mexico Voices
It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month
El Centro de la Raza at the University of New Mexico helps students connect to their heritage as well as their studies. Barbara Ramirez has the story for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Evicted Basement Films finds a new home
Where do you go if you’ve been kicked out of your home and you have 10,000 reels of film? Joe Thompson reports on the eviction and relocation of Basement Films in Albuquerque.
Opioid medication saves mothers and babies. In New Mexico, few get it
Vanessa G. Sánchez investigates why medication for opioid addiction that is life-saving for pregnant women and babies is rarely prescribed.
Researchers say oil and gas activity leading to more geohazards
The petrochemical industry has deformed the landscape in the Permian Basin.
Tenants with nowhere to turn
Low-income renters face poor housing conditions, including leaks, heat, mold, and roaches, with no help.
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.
Working and homeless: local man seeks a buck and some sympathy
By Tenzin Tsering
A shopping trip in Four Hills can lead to uncomfortable encounters with the down and out, but this time a touch of humanity was found just outside the parking lot.
Spanish colonial art draws visitors to Las Trampas
By Mariah Baca
A road trip on the scenic high road to Taos delivers you to the San Jose de Gracia church in Las Trampas, one of the best-preserved Spanish colonial churches in New Mexico.