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Locked Out: When School Boards Exclude Native Representation

At a small school district in northwestern New Mexico, many Navajo parents cannot run for local school board or vote in the school district’s elections where their children go to school. 

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People Incarcerated in Doña Ana County Jail Sue Over Violent Paramilitary Tactics and Inhumane Treatment 

Six people who were held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center (DACDC) filed a lawsuit today seeking to end the jail's practice of conducting violent, unwarranted paramilitary training operations on incarcerated people.
Body camera footage from March 8, 2025, when such training operations took place at DACDC. Various officers, masked and armed, are seen running into the quiet cells in the middle of the night.

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More Than a Yard Sign: Fighting for Free Speech in Tomé, New Mexico

When Rita Padilla-Gutiérrez posted anti-Trump signs in her yard, Valencia County threatened her with criminal prosecution at the urging of a pro-Trump county commissioner.

By Rita-Padilla Gutiérrez

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Beyond the Concrete Box: Gujuan Fusilier’s Story

This blog is the third of a series based on interviews with three men currently held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico who are part of a class action lawsuit challenging the inhumane and unconstitutional conditions of New Mexico’s long-term solitary confinement unit.

By Lalita Moskowitz

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Beyond the Concrete Box: Human Stories from Solitary

This blog is the first of a series based on interviews with Mah-konce Hudson, GuJuan Fusilier, and O'Shay Toney, who are currently held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico.

By Lalita Moskowitz

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The ACLU’s Fight to Protect Reproductive Rights Where the Rubber Meets the Road

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Robby Heckman: Using Archaeology to Fight for Police Reform

Robby Heckman, like many ACLU volunteers, experienced something in his personal life that shook him to the core and drove him to action.

By Paul Haidle

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How One Survivor Is Helping To Heal Society’s Wounds

We must put an end to the domestic violence crises that deprives victims of their fundamental ability to live with dignity, but the solutions currently in place are not working.Tanya Romero of Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families talks about how we can make lasting transformative change.

By Katie Hoeppner

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Lives in the Balance

Trump’s Deportation Machine Sets Its Sights on New Mexico

By Katie Hoeppner

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Photo Essay: Changing the conversation around incarceration through art

We partnered with local artist Eric Martinez and Warehouse 508 to bring renowned muralist Emanuel Martinez to Albuquerque to paint in 508 Mural Fest. Both formerly-incarcerated artists collaborate on a mural that seeks to reduce the negative stigma around incarceration and inspire hope for change .

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Queer Rights are Under Attack

The current Administration is so scared of Queer folks like me that they’re ready to strip our rights and set us back fifty years.

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Spotlight: Maryam Chudnoff is Ready to Fight Back Against Anti-Muslim Harassment

"My great grandmother came via Russia in 1902 and all of the family that stayed there, that didn’t leave, is dead. Why? Because of this kind of us and them separation that grows and grows and grows and that separation becomes hate, becomes fear, becomes ‘they are less than us...'"

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Breaking – Federal judge issues preliminary injunction halting deportation of Iraqis facing persecution

Today, we celebrate an extraordinary victory.

By Katie Hoeppner

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