Some young billionaires and wannabes, with minds full of fungible narratives about new riches in data centers and small modular (nuclear) reactors, have begun to speculate on resuming uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau
The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US
In a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), bankers and tellers at Wells Fargo branches in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Bethel, Alaska, declared their intent to join the Communications Workers of America’s Wells Fargo Workers United.
The state’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many workers.
Forming a union with my coworkers at the immersive arts company Meow Wolf wasn’t easy. It was stressful and scary. But we pushed past that fear — and ended up transforming our lives in the process.
Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance. For the Trumpers it was always about all about race.
Proposed ballot collection restrictions in Arizona and Montana threaten Native Americans’ voting rights. Native and Indigenous American voters helped elect progressive candidates and now face new ballot “security” measures that make voting harder.
One of the country’s leading progressive political strategists and visionaries, Cobble never stopped believing that ‘a better world is possible.’
New Mexico’s reliance on oil and gas makes it extremely vulnerable to the industry’s boom and bust cycle, and has not led to good outcomes in education and social welfare. Now some of New Mexico’s leading economists say it’s time to change course.
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