Today is Memorial Day! As the name implies, we ‘memorialize’ all those who have served in the US Military. We honor their service and sacrifice. But too often that’s the end of it. After leaving the military, too many…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
Vandals Damage Ancient Artifacts in Mesa Verde Park in Colorado to Create Graffiti
Aug 2, 2017, 2:53 PM 0
By Theodoros Karasavvas Ancient Origins Park officials from the Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, announced that vandals severely damaged archaeological artifacts in order to write graffiti on the side of a sandstone cliff. Vandals Don’t Show…
Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline
In search of the great New Mexico chile pepper
Aug 27, 2015, 1:42 PM 0
By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur It was one of those splendid cruises up Highway 26 and around the Mesilla Valley south of Las Cruces, New Mexico. A hot summer day and Mexican radio 106.7 FM from Ciudad Juarez was…
Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline
Family History and DNA Link New Mexicans to Mexico
Apr 8, 2015, 9:00 AM 0
Frontera NorteSur Editor’s Note: This is the first in an in-depth series about family history and genetic links between New Mexicans and Mexico. Nicolás Cabrera, a graduate student studying Spanish, worked on this piece as part of our continuing…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunding Campaign: Saving an urban farm for future generations
Sep 11, 2014, 5:05 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Mil Abrazos Community Land Trust Urban farm creates Land Trust to preserve land and affordable housing for future generations Since 2012, Gaia Gardens, a nonprofit certified organic farm, has been operating on a leased parcel of…
Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline
Border Youth Heal the Land and Culture
Aug 11, 2014, 11:25 AM 0
Frontera NorteSur (LL Editor’s Note: The following story was published July 31) Valerie Hernandez and Jailin Escobedo kneel on the weedy ground, pulling up pesky plants so a clump of tomatoes will have breathing space. A light but steady…
Philanthropy, zNew Headline
Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: The Indigenous Fine Art Market
May 29, 2014, 10:46 AM 0
LatinaLista The Indigenous Fine Art Market (IFAM) is a celebration of Native American art and the cultures that inspire it and will take place on August 21-23 at the Railyard Arts District in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Indigenous…
Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline
Life, Death and Struggle on New Mexico’s Mean Streets
Apr 29, 2014, 10:23 AM 0
Frontera NorteSur Albuquerque’s Wyoming Boulevard bustles on the edge of what some people call the War Zone and others name the International District. Both names really fit, but perhaps in ways not completely envisioned by the architects of popular…
History, zNew Headline
New Mexico: Remembering the legacy of Otilla Gallegos
Mar 28, 2014, 1:19 PM 0
By Claire O’Brien LatinaLista Comarada, entonces os he visto, y mis ojos estan hasta ahora llenos de orgullo. Comrade, then I saw you – and my eyes are even now filled with pride. Pablo Neruda ♦ ~.~.~.~.~.~. ♦ Almost…
History, zNew Headline
One Latina’s quest for identity uncovers mysterious ancestry
Jan 24, 2014, 4:28 PM 0
By Claire Marie O’Brien LatinaLista There are some American places where history overlaps and becomes so condensed, so close and nearly visible, that each layer is almost like its own separate lens. Lorraine Gomez grew up in such a…
BlogBeat, zNew Headline
New Mexico Man Finds Hope in Water Conservation Career
Sep 24, 2013, 11:39 AM 0
Green For All Amery Romero’s family has lived in Truchas, New Mexico for generations. Since the 1600s, they’ve farmed and raised cattle in the area. But over the past few decades, more and more of Truchas’ residents have streamed…
Guest Voz, zNew Headline
Guest Voz: Border Patrol Checkpoints: welcome wagons for whites
Sep 16, 2013, 10:04 AM 0
By Claire Maria O’Brien Eléctrica in the Desert It’s impossible to wrap one’s head around outraged government denials of racial profiling and general harassment of Latino people in the Southwest. Perhaps the best way to bring this virtual military…
Palabra Final, Politics
Signs on the horizon signal Latino Republicans may be the ones to save the GOP
Dec 13, 2012, 6:08 PM 0
LatinaLista — By now, everyone knows that the GOP leadership so turned off most Latinos that the overwhelming support lavished on Obama by Latino voters in last month’s election was a direct consequence of the anti-immigrant, anti-poor, anti-gay, anti-DREAMer,…
Palabra Final, Politics
Until GOP leadership advocates for party change, there’s little hope of it happening
Nov 16, 2012, 5:14 PM 1
LatinaLista — There’s no better prescription for the Republican leadership going forward than to take to heart the old saying: “real change comes only from within and not without.” There are encouraging signs already that some in the GOP…
General, Videos
Viernes Video: Latino filmmakers showcase the strength of Latinas
Nov 16, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The synopsis for the new film Blaze You Out reads less like a movie script and more like the proverbial “ripped from the headlines” kind of story: Lupe, a strong-willed aspiring DJ, and her younger sister Alicia…
General, Videos
Video: New Mexican artist draws on 10 generations of Latino history to create surreal masterpieces
Oct 18, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — New Mexican artist Anita Rodriguez is a 10th-generation Taoseno whose art reflects the unique mezcla of “Native American ceremonialism, traditional curanderos, Mexican history and mysticism, Hispanic folk art, customs and religious art, and the living presence of…
Culture, General, History
An unlikely introduction to the Red Paint People of New Mexico
Aug 24, 2012, 12:00 AM 1
By Claire O’Brien Eléctrica in the Desert I MET EDDIE MONTOYA WHERE I SEEM TO MEET MOST PEOPLE THESE DAYS: in front of a gas station. This one was in Williamsburg, New Mexico, which is atttached in the most…
By Claire O’Brien The Secret Lives of Gas Stations SOMEONE ELSE’S COUNTRY Say what you will about the United States as a global neighbor: one thing we show up for is drawing maps. All over the world, when…
Economy, Education, General, Money, Palabra Final, Youth
Texas Education Sec. wants state’s businesses not to hire dropouts. A crazy idea worth considering
Aug 5, 2009, 2:40 PM 19
LatinaLista — When it comes to finishing high school, it’s been long known that Latino students have dismal success rates. In 2007, the most recent year for available statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics, it was found…
Education, General, Health, Women
Drunk driving campaign says “Women Drive Drunk Too”
Mar 16, 2009, 4:13 PM 0
LatinaLista — If it’s March, tis the season of Spring Break when college students everywhere participate in extreme partying and extreme drinking. Then there are those people who don’t need the excuse of Spring Break to drink at all….
Culture, Government, Health, History
New Mexico grants historical recognition to curanderas’ role in state history
Sep 4, 2008, 3:28 PM 0
LatinaLista — If you’ve ever had your feverish body massaged by a raw egg in its shell chances are it was done by a curandera, or your abuelita who learned it from a curandera. Curanderas, or the faith healers,…
