News Feature
A Clean Slate
Women laser away their ink—and their hard pasts
Sara is working on healing, on changing. But she can't escape the names. Old boyfriends. People who in another life seemed important. They're tattooed on her body.

Council Watch
Un-Green Time Machine
The Council voted out strident, eco-friendly building regulations and replaced them with the state’s more relaxed 2009 energy code
News Bite
A local chapter of the NAACP is suing the City of Albuquerque, charging that it treats African-American employees poorly. And Jewel Hall says the city is not backing the 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Multicultural Celebration next month.

Ask Kat Curious
Workplace Meat Market
The Alibi’s advice columnist talks sexual harassment—it’s not just for women.