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Southern New Mexico duck tests positive for bird flu

15. April 2015

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By Jyllian Roach

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Children and Society as Fair Game

14. April 2015

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By Emanuele Corso

What is with the anti-children political agenda going on across the country? What do Republicans have against children? Why do they push laws to force women to have children then pass laws to harm those children—not just at the state level but at the national level as well by cutting funds for education, food stamps, health care, and anything else of social value? 

To have witnessed a revolting fist-pumping celebration by a New Mexican Republican legislator for his victory over third-graders who aren’t ready to learn to read by third grade was an eye-opener. If someone had told me adults would celebrate such a victory I wouldn’t have believed it—but I saw it with my own eyes! At the moment, 3rd grade retention is an iconic right-wing red-meat political issue, part of a larger strategy to privatize public education nationally...

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Thank You, Eduardo Galeano

14. April 2015

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By Margaret Randall

Brilliant thinker and writer Eduardo Galeano died of lung cancer yesterday (Monday, April 13, 2015) in his native Uruguay. He was 74. Throughout Latin America his books defined generations. Here he may best be remembered for having written The Open Veins of Latin America, the book that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez stepped forward and placed in Barack Obama’s hands during the latter’s first meeting with the continent’s presidents in 2009...

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Lawmakers are talking about possible special session

14. April 2015

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By Jyllian Roach

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New law will put voter services online

14. April 2015

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KOB continually barred from taking cameras into public meetings

14. April 2015

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UNM Regents approve tuition increase, graduation incentive

13. April 2015

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APS names new superintendent

13. April 2015

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Low-wage trickle down: Government spends $153B a year to support working families

13. April 2015

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Reining in payday loans fall by the wayside in New Mexico

13. April 2015

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By Jyllian Roach

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