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New Mexico holiday proposed for Cesar Chavez, Dennis Chavez

ALBUQUERQUE – A state lawmaker is proposing a state holiday in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico and the late farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez of California. ...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: State Nation World

PBS docuseries ‘Native America’ recreates cultures pre-1492

ALBUQUERQUE – The story of Native America taught in U.S. public schools usually begins at contact with European explorers. Children then get lessons about Thanksgiving, maybe the Trail of Te...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Third of New Mexico teachers get highest ratings

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The number of high-performing public school teachers in New Mexico has increased, according to results from annual evaluations released Monday by the state Public Educati...

DATE: Sep 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Homegirl Cafe offers ‘platos’ by ex-gang members with hope

LOS ANGELES — In a different time, at another place, and under other circumstances, you might have run away from Latisha Valenzuela and Glenda Alvarenga. But at Homegirl Cafe, a Los Angeles ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico AG seeks to void Hispanic land grant transfer

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said Wednesday he is seeking to void a 2003 land transfer from a historic Hispanic land grant on grounds it was illegal. ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Erratic Chicano writer who vanished is focus of new documentary

Oscar Zeta Acosta inspired character in ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’

DATE: Mar 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Mystery surrounds Estebanico, black explorer of U.S. Southwest

He is considered the first person of African descent to enter the American Southwest

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Advocate: Racism killed early childhood education proposal

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The head of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops believes racism helped killed a proposal to expand early childhood education in the state. Allen Sanc...

DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

New Mexico lawmakers seek to halt suicides at ‘Gorge Bridge’

ALBUQUERQUE — The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in picturesque northern New Mexico is the state’s most famous span, has appeared in movies and attracted tourists from around the world. ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News