Eleven states and northern Mexico will likely experience a drought more severe than any since the 1500s.
New Mexico
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Can alternative living encampments help with the homelessness crisis?
Advocates fear they’re a stopgap solution that could become permanent.
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Utah and New Mexico lead the Mountain West in COVID-19 testing
Testing czars and local laboratories allowed the states to be more aggressive with testing.
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Fallout: First cancer, now delayed compensation for Indigenous downwinder communities
Bureaucratic roadblocks mean ‘apology’ payouts are hard to access for Indigenous communities exposed to nuclear tests.
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Domestic violence in New Mexico is on the rise, but shelters are nearly empty
Stay-at-home orders keep domestic violence survivors inside with their abusers.
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Colonial Spain tried to erase them, but the GenÃzaro persevere
A photographer captures the fortitude of the GenÃzaro Pueblo of Abiquiú community.
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Stolen lands and living stories: A photographer reimagines reality
Jeremy Dennis confronts historical narratives by composing digital illustrations.
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Air Force pushed to find alternative to ‘forever chemicals’ for firefighting
Can air bases come up with a less toxic foam and work with local communities affected by contamination?
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The last shovel racers
After four decades, a ski resort drops a beloved tradition.
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‘Men like you weren’t meant to own land’
Rural Colorado has a history of discriminatory lending.
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The endless search for Charles Bowden
A longtime Bowden reader remembers the complicated author through two new books.
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A long journey awaits transgender migrants in detention
After mistreatment by ICE, LGBTQ women are transferred around the West.
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New Mexico grapples with its ‘forever’ chemicals
The City of Clovis has a water contamination problem but no easy way to fix it.
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Utah’s condoms; border blown; Cluck the cat
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Ranchers blindsided by Trump’s border wall
They built a coalition to protect open space. Now, they’re up against the country’s largest construction project.
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There’s a new boom in the Permian Basin — wastewater
As freshwater supplies shrink, interest in recycling water leftover from fracking is growing. Others aren’t so sure.
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Tom Udall: It’s past time we confront the climate and nature crises
For our survival, we can look to my father’s vision as an alternative to our current path.
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Only in death do some deported veterans return home
Military service comes with no guarantees of citizenship.
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Party favors: Should parties pick candidates before voters do?
The 2018 battle over New Mexico’s most conservative district shows just how undemocratic politics can be.
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It’s time for a moratorium on new fossil fuel extraction
Even in states like New Mexico that depend on oil revenue, the costs outweigh the benefits.