By Marisa Demarco I carefully packed up my gear, worried that the heat in my no-AC van would melt my homemade electronics. I grabbed some clean socks and drove north on Friday, May 10, for the Denver Noise Festival. This year was the fest’s fourth, and performers traveled in from around the U.S. and other countries, too. …
By Marisa Demarco — The fight over public access to records and hearings in the coming Levi Chavez trial continues. Lawyers representing local media appeared in court to make a stand against the sealing of pre-trial motions in the case. The trial is slated to begin in June. Chavez, a former Albuquerque Police Department officer, …
By Marisa Demarco — On Monday, May 20, we’ll be launching our first live Google Hangout. The Compass editors will be face-to-face with two sunshine champions: Gwyneth Doland is the former executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government. And Alexa Schirtzinger is the editor in chief of the Santa Fe Reporter, an …
Turning a “Hidden Ecological Jewel” Into Dust By Alex Escué Limkin & Rebecca Limkin —Summer 2018 I sit with my son on my lap overlooking a dusty depression, a swath of brown erosion bordered by thorny Russian olives and dense saltcedars. “What is this place?” my son asks me. “We used to call this place …
By Alejandra Alarcon Coachella Unincorporated / New America Media COACHELLA — Like a lot of other families living in the Eastern Coachella Valley, when one of our family members fell sick, it meant driving about a hundred miles across the border into Mexico, to the city of Mexicali, to get taken care of by a …
By Marisa Demarco — Want to know all about local government but don’t want to spend a couple of hours digging through our archives? Tune in to our new podcast “Local Government Matters.” Compass editors sat around Carolyn Carlson’s kitchen table a couple evenings ago and talked about the major issues this year for the …
ABQ City Council delays votes on APD oversight By Carolyn Carlson — Councilors toyed with police department issues at their Monday, May 6 meeting, but deferred final action. There was discussion on the creation of an ad-hoc committee to come up with ways to revamp the civilian police oversight commission. In the days leading up …
Conchas Lake is a stark image of New Mexico’s extreme drought conditions By Margaret Wright — Ed Wright has lived and worked at Conchas Lake for 21 years. Much of that time, snow runoff and summer monsoons fed the reservoir, which drew tourists from all over the Southwest. As an owner of the Conchas North Dock …
By Maren Tarro — Thirteen years ago the Federal Communications Commission opened up the airwaves to small FM broadcasters, giving nonprofit groups a voice amid the megawatt cacophony of broadcast corporations. Low-power FM stations—100 watts or less—were at first relegated to rural areas so as not to disrupt signals from full-power stations. They’re able to …
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By Anna Challet, New America Media — The Affordable Care Act will make pediatric dental care more accessible, but many children’s advocates are concerned about the affordability of coverage and the availability of providers. New America Media spoke with Joe Touschner, a senior health policy analyst at the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown. … Continue reading »
By Jerry Ortiz y Pino — A single issue has pulled Congress into a protracted tug of war over sequestration, the Paul Ryan budget and even cuts in social security. That same issue paralyzes our own state government’s leaders, preventing them from breathing life back into New Mexico’s moribund economic situation. On April 17, the … Continue reading »
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By Margaret Wright — The first music event at Spirit Abuse seemed like it’d be an understated one. I was one of about a dozen guests who quietly leaned against the walls or sat on the floor of Postcommodity art collective’s new studio and installation space. It was a pawn shop for years. Now the air … Continue reading »
By Robin Brown — Like public schools across the country, the University of New Mexico is struggling to pay its bills while addressing the concerns of staff, teachers and students. Shoshana Handel, a graduate program assistant and member of UNM’s Labor Union Coalition, said with the cost of living on the rise, a tuition increase … Continue reading »
