The War on Drugs Failed, But the Suffering It Caused Continues
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“We didn’t have a heroin problem,” says one official. “We had an addiction problem."
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How Navajo Students Overcame the Pandemic School Year
Posted in: Culture FeaturesLiving in internet dead zones and sometimes without electricity at home, Indigenous youths in New Mexico and Arizona went to extraordinary lengths to attend virtual classes
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New Mexico Has Now Officially Legalized Marijuana for Recreational Use
Posted in: Culture NewsNew Mexico joins New York, Virginia, and 14 other states in legalizing the drug for adult use
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Illegal Marijuana Farms on Navajo Land Raided by Authorities
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA police raid near Shiprock, New Mexico has all but ended an illicit cannabis-growing operation, which residents have been fighting to evict
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Illegal Marijuana Grows Still Operating on Navajo Land, Despite Court Order
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA massive marijuana bust in New Mexico represents just a sliver of an ongoing operation on Navajo lands that has now drawn federal investigators
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Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA New Mexico attorney has found a way to bring about reform of the "drastically inhumane" practice
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Bordering on Desperation
Posted in: Culture FeaturesIn Gallup, New Mexico, a town surrounded by the Navajo Nation, a pandemic crosses paths with homelessness, hate and healers
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How Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Big Bet on COVID-19 Testing Helped Curb the Outbreak in New Mexico
Posted in: Politics FeaturesThe health secretary-turned-governor discusses getting out in front of the pandemic, police brutality protests, and dealing with the Trump administration
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New Mexico Aims to Set a New Bar for Affordable Higher Education
Posted in: Politics NewsThe state set forth an ambitious higher education initiative that will make public colleges and universities tuition-free for all residents
