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Gary King Launches Criminal Probe into Missing Emails

30. September 2014

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APD recording reveals mention of use of force before Boyd shooting

30. September 2014

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Union sues state over teacher evaluation system

30. September 2014

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PNM’s partial San Juan plant shutdown wins praise, caution from enviro group

30. September 2014

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Santa Fe Southern Railway suspends operations

30. September 2014

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EPA approves new plan for San Juan coal plant

30. September 2014

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Aztec Ruins, Chaco ban drones and scattering of human ashes

30. September 2014

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La Fonda owners hand hotel to longtime family friends

30. September 2014

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Time for Something Else

30. September 2014

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By Richard Ward Time for Something Else

In a world ravaged by corporate capitalist plunder, the fostering of community may be the most radical and accessible solution.

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Five Questions for New Mexico Authors - Cipriano Frederico Vigil

29. September 2014

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By V.B. Price

This week we ask Cipriano Frederico Vigil of Chamisal, New Mexico—a renowned musician, historian, composer, and musicologist of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music—some questions about his sure-to-be-classic bilingual book New Mexico Folk Music / Cancionero del Folklor Nuevomexicano: Treasures of a People / El Tesoro del Pueblo.

New Mexico Mercury: For someone like me with no tradition of community music, your book is a revelation. These first questions feel naïve, but they are sincere ones. What are the historical and cultural roots of Hispanic folk music in New Mexico? Is there a known beginning?...

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