I was stunned last week when President Trump ordered the firing of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after ...

It’s a longstanding trend: Native students in New Mexico’s largest school district miss class more than their peers and score lower in reading, science and math. Now, the district is partnering with ...

On a small patch of land north of Albuquerque, Orenda Martine reached for a red onion, trimming the root and then the stem, its papery skin rustling in her hands. Once she finished with one onion, she ...

Kaiya Brown was at work last week when she started getting the texts. Her friends were asking if she’d seen the news: The Trump administration wants to cut funding for tribal colleges by nearly 90%.

Niko DeRoin-Silva has been in the powwow arena since she could walk. She was too young to remember that time, but relatives of hers speak about it fondly. Growing up in northern California, away from ...

Two Indigenous advocates are calling on President Donald Trump to reassemble a federal commission focused on a national crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The Not Invisible Act ...

On a warm March afternoon in Albuquerque, Reyes DeVore (Jemez Pueblo), standing in front of a mural depicting two young Pueblo people, spoke about what being a “good descendent” of ancestors who ...

New Mexico is one of a handful of states that will see an increased number of FBI agents to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, including crimes related to a national crisis of ...

With the 2025 legislative session over and out, many have moved on. But some are taking stock of why some bills failed while others made it through the legislative wringer. One bill sitting on the ...

A bill meant primarily to close loopholes in New Mexico’s law governing the reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures crashed and burned in the House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs ...

On Monday, state lawmakers on the House Taxation and Revenue Committee advanced a bill to raise taxes on alcohol. Cheered by public health advocates and tribes, and criticized by alcohol makers and ...

New Mexico In Depth editors were joined by Common Cause New Mexico Policy Director Mason Graham on Wednesday, January 29, to discuss a range of issues related to elections and money in politics, ...