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 … Continue reading »
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 … Continue reading »
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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 Rivkela Brodsky — Monday started as a normal day. But there has not been a normal day since. I woke early this morning to an emergency call about a manhunt underway. The trains aren’t operating. Emerson College, where I am a graduate student, is closed for the day. We have been asked to “shelter … Continue reading »
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By Alex Escué Limkin — We had just finished hiking and were taking a picture of our baby Escué lying in a snowdrift on the east side of the Sandias when the hunter came out of the woods carrying a crossbow. His white luxury SUV had been at the trailhead when we arrived, partially blocking … Continue reading »
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