Ensuring that every child has a qualified teacher seems the least that public schools can do.
Letters to the editor
Many don’t have enough food
Food stamps were a lifesaver for me (“Hundreds of thousands are losing access to food stamps,” Dec. 5). I was very pregnant and my husband was unable to work; I was re…
Another View
A bleak future for the world's children
The U.N. Environment Program released its latest report last week on where we are and where we need to be on addressing climate change. The word the authors chose to d…
Sunday offers an opportunity for the community to recognize the impact of this mentoring organization, started locally by founder Sam Baca in 1979.
Campaign backers want the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board to stop investing in index funds that include private prison operators.
That ex-candidates are using their influence to improve the electoral system rather than simply notching up the next win is encouraging.
Read the bits and pieces of details about proposals to develop the midtown campus in Santa Fe, and anyone who cares about the future of Santa Fe can’t help but get excited.
This is a problem to be desired — the New Mexico Film Office needs more staff to keep up with increasing number of productions in the Land of Enchantment.
When it comes to the University of New Mexico’s bewitched and bedraggled football program, it’s never really about who occupies the head coach’s office.
On this day in 1849, the first edition of what is now your hometown newspaper was published.
Here’s an idea for Thanksgiving. Put down that phone. That’s right. Put down that phone.
Smart spending and frugal campaigns will keep public campaign financing available. That’s a result we should all support.
Last week, MIXout ended its successful run.
Surely a state that has been short of funds for almost a decade would have little trouble spending on long-neglected infrastructure projects now that the money is avai…
The Pueblo of Acoma is getting its more-than-century-old sacred ceremonial shield back.
Ex-Gov. Susana Martinez is traveling a hard road, from anti-corruption district attorney running for governor to just another failed politician, one with skeletons in …
Our elected officials are calling for answers, with U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich on Monday asking federal authorities step in to investigate the conditions and oversight of immigrant detainees in these facilities.
My View James Jimenez
Unlock education opportunities and address climate crisis head-on
All children deserve to have the best possible future, but until we dramatically reimagine our education system to meet our students’ needs an…
My View John McLeod
New Mexico and the governor can do better
All told, there were 21 of us who chose to be arrested occupying Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office at the end of October (“Climate proteste…
My View Juliet Yazzie
Get help enrolling in health insurance
I am a proud Native American and member of the Navajo Nation. I also serve as the Native American liaison manager for beWellnm, the New Mexico…
My View Stephen E. Silver
A lack of empathy is killing democracy
Compassion is nearly always in short supply in a society (“Have we lost sight of compassion?” My View, Dec. 1). After all, a person is incline…
My View Janet McVickar and Andy Otto
Santa Fe Watershed Association looks ahead
It seems every week brings new headlines about the challenges our society will face as a result of a changing climate. For the past two decade…
My View John D. Holm and Robert K. Hitchcock
The immorality of the save the elephant movement
Saving the elephants is the most popular goal of animal rights groups in the developed world, even though related species have not existed the…
My View Bill McCamley
The minimum wage is going up
On Jan. 1, 2020, the New Mexico minimum wage will grow to $9 an hour from its current rate of $7.50 thanks to a law passed by the Legislature …
My View Nancy Burgas
Envision the future as the new year looms
The mad scramble of the holiday season is well underway. We’ve been spooked, thankful, we’ve shopped, and now forge headlong into Hanukkah, So…
My View James Keele
The anti-entropic principle of life
“Life” as used here in this short essay refers to all life — humans, animals, trees, plants, bugs, etc. It appears to me that life has evolved…
Commentary Gerry Fairbrother
Good food is good for you
It is true that good food is good for you. As I write this, I can hear a chorus of “duhs” from my daughters, now adults, when they were teenag…
My View Tomás Rivera
We need more and better access to public transportation
Chainbreaker is a member-led economic and environmental justice organization. We have over 700 members, many of whom are transit dependent bus…
My View Nathan P. Small
Protecting our water is protecting our future
Safeguarding freshwater is something all New Mexicans support, because we know water is life. House Bill 546, which I was proud to sponsor and…
My View Margy Privett
Don’t just thank veterans – support them
I’m going to get on my soapbox and say a few things that might be controversial.
My View
Are you a burden?
Simply stated, most likely, you are not a burden. So why do so many feel the strong emotion of lacking value? Often, shame resides in the mind…
Public utility regulation has expanded its domain far beyond its original mandate and what is socially optimal. That mandate confines itself t…
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