Local Docs Travel To Kenya To Help Children And Mothers In the village of Kisesini, which sits southeast of Nairobi in Kenya’s Yatta District, water is scarce and brackish and food mostly comes [...] Christie Chisholm \ Nov 26, 2009 Read More Mothers with their children wait for the arrival of the Global Health Partnerships team of volunteers who will assess the nutritional status of the children. (Courtesey of Global Health Partnerships)
What Mayor Berry Said He Would Do On Tuesday, Dec. 1, Martin Chavez will leave his seat in the Mayor’s Office free for the buttocks of incoming Mayor Richard Berry. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 26, 2009 Read More Mayor Richard Berry
Gene Grant: Green And Clean And What That Means Let us pause, briefly, to applaud Mayor Martin Chavez for his efforts on getting Albuquerque “green”—most notably, on just the idea of being [...] Gene Grant \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More Mayor Elect R.J. Berry
Odds & Ends: This Week’s Weird News Odds & Ends: This Week’s Weird News Dateline: South Korea— A would-be motorist has finally passed the written exam for a driver’s license—after her 950 th attempt. Cha Sa-Soon, 68, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More
Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson Talks Better Drug Policy Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson Talks Policy Reform More than a thousand people from around the globe gathered in Downtown Albuquerque from Nov. 12 through 14 to forge a plan for [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More “It makes no sense to spend the kind of money we spend as a society locking up people for using drugs and using the criminal justice system to address the problem." —Former Gov. Gary Johnson (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Council Bite: So Long, Cadigan And Mayer The last meeting of Albuquerque’s 18 th City Council started with goodbyes to Michael Cadigan and Sally Mayer. There were slight quivers in [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More Councilor Sally Mayer
Tweets And Comments From The Drug Policy Reform Conference Read the Alibi’s full coverage. Treatment “Good treatment is user-friendly and meets people where they are at and does not force any one [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/drugpolicy/sets/72157622643717769/[/url]Explore these and other photographs from the DPA Network’s Reform 2009 Flickr set by clicking on this caption.[xurl]
Letters: Clean Energy Jobs Clean Energy Jobs Has our government forsaken Main St. for Wall St.? Last week, the national unemployment rate reached a staggering 10.2 percent, the first time [...] Alibi \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More
Letters: Support For An Alibi Blogger In His Fight With A Film Industry Official Hoot Smalley Doesn’t Give A Hoot I totally agree with Lisa Strout’s assessment of how the film industry has impacted New Mexico [Re: Letters, “Hoot Are You?,” Nov. 5-11].It [...] Alibi \ Nov 12, 2009 Read More
Odds & Ends: Drunk Man Vs. Lamppost, Cat Visitation Rights Odds & Ends: Drunk Man Vs. Lamppost, Cat Visitation Rights Dateline: Australia— A drunken 22-year-old man challenged a lamppost to a fight after he was ignored by passersby in the street, according to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 12, 2009 Read More