Newsland Closes The Book University-Area Stalwart Closes Up Shop For nearly 30 years Roger Walsh has perched among stacks of newspapers and glossy magazines behind the painted facade of Newsland. He flips [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jul 28, 2011 Read More
Down With Doma Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D) joined Sen. Tom Udall (D) in calling for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. This move comes [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jul 28, 2011 Read More Sen. Jeff Bingaman
Freedom Flotilla Ii: New Mexico Activists Join 22-Country Protest Fleet To Gaza New Mexico Activists Join 22-Country Protest Fleet The accounts of the U.S. boat to Gaza read like a Bond movie. There are nefarious bureaucratic restrictions from foreign governments, boat chases [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jul 21, 2011 Read More
Standoff At Girard I met my neighbors yesterday. We stood on the corner of Girard and Silver for a couple hours, smoking cigarettes, chatting and trying [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More
Don’t Let The Bedbugs Bite: Fighting A Nationwide Wave Of Pests Human And Canine Exterminators Fight Nationwide Wave Of Pests The unmarked white building on Candelaria holds one bed and two dressers but no personal belongings suggesting a home. It’s eerily devoid of [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More Nasty!
Flame Wars: A Year In Firefighting Unlike Any Other A Year Unlike Any Other The Coronado National Forest in southern Arizona looks like a scene from the apocalypse. Ashes rain down, and a thick, black column of [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jul 07, 2011 Read More
Chained To A Cause Babes and Bullies members are chaining themselves to dog houses for 11 hours on Saturday at UNM. The group is participating in Chain [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More
Ron Paul Pushes First Bill Ever That Would Lift U.s. Marijuana Ban Forty years after Richard Nixon declared war on drugs, 16 states, including New Mexico, have approved the use of medical marijuana. If Rep. [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More ( Dr. Brainfish )
Thou Shalt Not Marry Thine Church And Thine State The city of Bloomfield, N.M., may have the Ten Commandments installed in front of City Hall. Not so fast, says the American Civil [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jun 23, 2011 Read More
U.n. Explodes In Rainbows While I watched the Gay Pride parade roll by in Albuquerque last week, cities everywhere celebrated in style. There were feathers and Lady [...] Elise Kaplan \ Jun 23, 2011 Read More