Letters: Protecting The Thin Places, Treatment For Substance-Abusing Mothers Protecting The Thin Places I remember growing up in the Midwest surrounded by tall pine trees, getting lost (and found) with my brothers, and playing on wild [...] Alibi \ Jun 16, 2011 Read More
Letters: Heroin, Health Care Cuts, Reversing The Eco-Rules Collective Denial? Your recent article entitled “The Heroin Surge,” [News, June 2-8] was incomplete. Addiction is a public health problem, not a criminal one. While [...] Alibi \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More
Johnny Tapia Says He’s Finished In The Ring. Is He? A tall, craggy guy with a wiseman’s beard and a mournful expression stood waiting for Johnny Tapia to come out of the dressing [...] Toby Smith \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More Johnny Tapia promised his Saturday, June 4 fight against Colombian Mauricio Pastrana was his last. It was Tapia’s 66 th bout as a pro. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Council Watch: Families Stand Against Apd Shootings Dozens of people asked councilors to consider police department policies, given the number of officer-involved shootings. One by one, family members of nine [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More
Ask Kat Curious: A Diatribe Against Puritanism Dear Kat: When I moved to ABQ, I was struck by the number of "adult" establishments on major roads. Pussycat Video, The News [...] Kat Cox \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More
Odds & Ends: Hedonistic Monks, Hug Nazis, Drive-Through Homes Odds & Ends: Hedonistic Monks, Hug Nazis, Drive-Through Homes Dateline: Italy— According to a report in the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper, the Pope has evicted about 20 “loose living” monks from Rome’s Santa [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More
An Interview With The Activist Who Stood In The Way Of The Oil Industry Tim DeChristopher walked into the oil and gas lease auction without a plan. It was December 2008, and 27-year-old DeChristopher was a university [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More Tim DeChristopher (Daphne Hougard)
Medicaid Axes Inpatient Program For Drug-Addicted Mothers Imagine you’re a nurse for newborns and looking after two little bundles of joy. Cute, huh? But you notice something amiss with one [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More
The Heroin Surge: Addiction Climbs In Albuquerque As Addiction Climbs In Albuquerque, Cartels Are Ready To Deliver The lunch hour rush is pretty much over when the waitress is able to grab a minute for some small talk. The casual [...] Joe Kolb \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More (Illustration by Brapola!)
The Rise Of A Serbian Tennis Star And His Burque Superfan The Rise Of A Tennis Star And His Burque Superfan Aleksandar Kostich is a trial attorney in the Public Defender’s Office. He handles Albuquerque’s felony cases—accused murderers, rapists, drug traffickers. It’s a demanding [...] Toby Smith \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More Serbian-American Aleksandar Kostich is rooting for Novak Djokovic, the No. 2 seed at the French Open. (Toby Smith)
