Oct 24, 2018 | Local News
ALBUQUERQUE – Today, immigrant rights leaders and economic justice advocates held a press conference to talk about ways to oppose Trump’s “Public Charge” rule and the negative effects it will have on everyday New Mexicans, documented or not. Trump’s racist and...
Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Monday, Trump stated without evidence, that “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in” amongst the migrant caravan making its way northward towards the U.S.-Mexican border. This is a sad, desperate, and racist attempt to not only increase support from...
Oct 23, 2018 | Opinion, politics
The Trump-Pence administration is on the attack against the LGBTQ community once again. This time the Department of Health and Human Services is leading an initiative to establish legal definition of sex that will deny the existence of trans people according to a memo...
Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
By: Benay Blend / Retired Professor All students deserve to feel safe in school. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Some of the observations discussed below are personal based on approximately thirty years of teaching Native American and American History. I...
Oct 17, 2018 | Opinion, politics
At least 3,000 migrating Hondurans crossed into Guatemala on Monday on their way to seek refuge in Mexico or the United States, according to the news publication Reuters. This news comes only a few days after Donald Trump confirmed that his administration is...
Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
ALBUQUERQUE – Last night, all three candidates for New Mexico’s Congressional District 1 seat faced-off in a televised debate. They talked about all the majors problems faced by our state, except they forgot to talk about one of the, if not the biggest, issue...
Oct 15, 2018 | Opinion, politics
The month of October commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the county’s largest immigrant youth-led organization, United We Dream. In the past decade, United We Dream has accomplished things no other grass-root organization has been able to achieve before. Like...
Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
While the country’s attention is fixated on the Kavanaugh hearings, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), continue conducting massive raids resulting in the detention of hundreds of...
Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
By: Selene Vences / NM Dream Team ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – What does it mean for the New Mexico Dream Team to finally be a chartered organization at Central New Mexico Community College? It means that we finally have the visibility to bring awareness to the issues...
Sep 25, 2018 | Opinion, politics
Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced they are designating September 25 as national “If You See Something, Say Something” awareness day. I guess they forgot that today is national voter registration day. According to the website, the campaign is...