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Poetry’s voice
Poetry-lovers here would have been astonished at the 9th annual Festival internacional de Poesía in Granada, Nicaragua that took place from February 17 through 24 of this year.
Continue reading...The real “Van”
02. April 2013
As the global capitalist system tumbled over a cliff in the late 1920s, French teenager Jean van Heijenoort took the first steps toward a two-decade career as a professional revolutionary, the crucial part of it at Leon Trotsky’s side. More than 100 years after van Heijenoort was born in 1912, capitalism is in crisis again. But people of his caliber aren’t dedicating their lives to overthrow it.
Continue reading...Insight New Mexico: Richard Fox
01. April 2013
V.B. Price talks with political scientist Richard Fox on Susana Martinez' performance as Governor.
Continue reading...Border workers rally
29. March 2013
Workers in the sister cities of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso staged demonstrations last week on both sides of the Rio Grande...
Continue reading...Social media: Evolving or devolving journalism?
28. March 2013
The orders already are issued: Every reporter henceforth will enlist Twitter, Facebook and other social media to gather and disseminate the news...
Continue reading...Greed and hypocrisy: Ingredients of a foolproof recipe for violence
26. March 2013
Here in the United States, I would argue that the single most influential idea fueling extreme violence is greed. The profit motive. It is every bottom line.
Continue reading...A new voice in a changing media landscape
25. March 2013
The launch of the New Mexico Mercury is the latest step in a journey that began at a community meeting in Albuquerque more than four years ago aimed at saving the Albuquerque Tribune...
Continue reading...Compact Complications
24. March 2013
Water Wars between Texas and New Mexico Are Nothing New—But the Times Are Changing
Continue reading...Shaping My Words
24. March 2013
We have reached a moment in human evolution that foretells an uncertain future at best, and a future that in palpable ways is already here. It is a future that shows its voracious fangs and seems to mock our attempts to pursue a course that favors a culture of life over one of death.
Continue reading...How breast cancer helped me know who I am
24. March 2013
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. —Hippocrates, Greek physician, ca. 460 BCE–377 BCE
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03. April 2013
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