Operation Legend Has Less Than Legendary Results Locals Underwhelmed By Progress Of Federal Program At the end of July, Alibi staff writer Robin Babb asked the questions of Operation Legend most of us were too afraid to [...] Dan Pennington \ Sep 03, 2020 Read More This image, which was uploaded in all seriousness, included text which read “Operation Legend/Grip-Op putting up HUGE numbers for Southeast Albuquerque!” (@BCSDSherriff)
Community Looks For Answers In Death Of Ken Reiss A Murky Timeline, Strange Actions And A Video Add Up To Confusion With Friends When a community faces the loss of someone who was well-loved, it’s palpable. The moments and memories they shared with those around them [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 27, 2020 Read More A makeshift memorial rests in front of Ken Reiss’ home. (Dan Pennington)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Crimemapping.com Makes Knowing Your Neighbor Easier Than Ever Things just aren’t the way they used to be. It’s a phrase some of the old-timers love to toss around. It’s true. As [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 20, 2020 Read More Even Tanoan isn’t safe from the scurge of “noise complaints.” (Dan Pennington)
What Is Going On At Weekly Alibi? Let’s Catch Up On Why We’ve Changed Up The Formula I remember sitting in the bar I worked at in November of 2016 with friends, watching in abject horror at the screen as [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 13, 2020 Read More Our big, red “a” leaves a nice neon glow across the office late at night. (Dan Pennington)
Community Terrorism New Mexico Civil Guard Draws On Unarmed Protestors Sunday evening a crowd gathered in Downtown for the purpose of speaking out against violence toward BIPOC from police. The organizing group, Black [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 06, 2020 Read More Filling Philly’s, where the NMCG bunkered down and prepared for violence (Dan Pennington)
Going Maskless School Will Open In-Person Day One, No Masks Required Our children are our future. It’s the phrase tossed around a lot, especially by older generations. Ironically, though, this country seems to be [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 06, 2020 Read More That “DO NOT ENTER” sign has a whole new meaning now. (Clarke Condé)
Mask It Or Casket Believe You’re Exempt From A Mask? Think Again. Maskholes. It’s the term that was coined and defined through UrbanDictionary.com as, “assholes who don’t wear masks publicly during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.” Sadly, [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 06, 2020 Read More I mean, they do a lot more than that to be fair. (Clarke Condé)
Black Lives Matter The message could not be more clear: Black Lives Matter. With a peaceful gathering held in downtown Albuquerque this past weekend, the statement [...] Dan Pennington \ Aug 06, 2020 Read More
A Discussion On Honesty And Reporting Covid-19 Testing Exposes Gaps In Reporting And Response Alright, everyone. It’s time to put on our tin foil hats. One of the stranger parts of working within the journalism sector is [...] Dan Pennington \ Jul 30, 2020 Read More Hope you like the view while you wait to get tested. (Clarke Condé)
On Independence And Inequality As Unemployment Supplement Ends, Many Fear What's Next I recently celebrated a birthday. Growing up, summer birthdays sucked. Your friends always seemed to be out of town on vacation, or maybe [...] Dan Pennington \ Jul 23, 2020 Read More You gotta admit, they’re very pretty considering their simplicity. (Daderot)