Teachers Just Say No To Unsafe School Openings Across the country teachers are refusing to accept “It is what it is”—an expression that is used to characterize a frustrating or challenging [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Aug 27, 2020 Read More On the bright side, the cafeteria hasn’t remained this immaculate in years! (Clarke Condé)
Community News: The Invisible Monster Navajo Nations’ Warriors Won’t Surrender To Covid-19 An invisible red flag flies over the Navajo Nation, one of the Native American tribes hit the hardest by COVID-19. A red flag [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Aug 20, 2020 Read More Arizona National Guard delivers food and supplies to a Navajo Nation food bank in Mesa, Arizona. (Arizona National Guard)
Hunger Pains Sos! Covid-19 Response Makes Us Look Like A Banana Republic Our nation’s people are increasingly ill, hungry and homeless. Someone you know is hungry right now. Many of your neighbors in New Mexico [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Aug 13, 2020 Read More Long lines have become the normal for Roadrunner to handle. (Clarke Condé)
The Yellow Brick Road Back To School Coronavirus, Masks And Computer Screens Line The Path To Emerald City The yellow brick road back to the Land of Education is becoming more and more like the nightmare on Elm Street. In the [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Aug 06, 2020 Read More Schools are preparing to navigate how to reopen safely this fall. (Clarke Condé)
Community News: Turning Away From The Ledge Battling Suicide In New Mexico “I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend. But I always thought that I’d see you again.” James Taylor’s 1970 [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Jul 30, 2020 Read More It gets better.
Curb For A Pillow, Street For A Bed Pandemic Exacerbates Homeless Problem In New Mexico Long term shelter, at an affordable cost, is getting harder and harder to come by in Albuquerque. From 2013 to 2019, street homelessness [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Jul 23, 2020 Read More A man stands off the freeway, hoping for kindness from a stranger. (Clarke Condé)
Cannabis Manual: Get Thee Back Cannabis May Help Slap Back Covid-19 You just might want to buy stock in cannabis. The novel coronavirus has given the cannabis industry a boost in legitimacy, as 20-plus [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Jul 16, 2020 Read More
Cannabis Manual: Coping With Covid Dispensary Operations Have Changed Pandemics can be stressful. Fear and anxiety can be overwhelming. Since the advent of COVID-19, dispensary sales of medicinal cannabis are way up [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Jul 16, 2020 Read More
Cannabis Manual: Marked Essential A Game Changer For Medical Cannabis Suddenly, Medical Cannabis—a business that currently has no access to banks, insurance, commercial lending and capital markets—is marked as an “essential business” during [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Jul 16, 2020 Read More
Cannabis Manual: A Legal Green Space Cannabis Consumption Areas Consumption of cannabis has long been a social activity. Ancient nomadic tribes burned cannabis in fire pits for ceremonial purposes. Marijuana "tea pads" [...] Gwynne Ann Unruh \ Jul 16, 2020 Read More