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Humphrey’s World: Teacher Pensions and the Supremes
Teacher Pensions and the Sumpremes
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11. November 2013
So what about the Veterans of our country the day after the parades and the backslaps? The country returns to business as usual where veterans take their own lives at a rate of nearly one an hour, every hour, of every day. Since the U.S. engagement with Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, roughly 2.5 million service members have fought in two bloody wars, many through multiple deployments, leaving a wake of wrecked lives that ripple through every pocket of our society...
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KOAT picks up our Glyphosate story (video)
18. October 2013
Although no credit was given to New Mexico Mercury, it's nice to know that some local news outlets are paying attention to our stories. After our piece on the use of Glyphosate by city, county and state governments in New Mexico, Susan Clair, who's interviewed in the article, was contacted by KOAT for their brief piece. Our original story was written by our intern Svetlana Ozden, who studies at UNM and was a former editor at the Daily Lobo...
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Mercury Q&A with David Tart
30. September 2013
In the inaugural installment of this series we speak with world-famous animator David Tart about the animation business and his latest self-reflexive project.
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Senator Martin Heinrich’s Q&A on Syria (Video)
10. September 2013
Senator Martin Heinrich discusses his reasons for supporting resolution in support of U.S. military action on Syria.
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20. December 2013
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