by radiocafe | Jan 21, 2019 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Jal Mehta is an expert in the successes–and failures–of school reform movements in the United States and abroad. He shares his ideas about how school systems and governments can rethink education, and build on their strengths.
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by radiocafe | Jan 14, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico has a new governor and a new legislature. Santa Fe New Mexican Journalists Milan Simonich and Andrew Oxford talk about what we can expect—what changes and what doesn’t—and it’s not all about political parties.
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by radiocafe | Jan 7, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
Meet Howie Morales, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico. After serving in the NM Senate for over a decade, he ran alongside Michelle Lujan Grisham, and in November they were part of the “blue tsunami” that swept Democrats into every statewide elected office.
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by radiocafe | Aug 23, 2018 | Arts & films, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
… what could use improvement? Eric Witt, director of the Santa Fe Film Office, leads us through the intricacies of what makes a film incentive program work for a state, and how New Mexico’s economic development could be optimized in the film and media space.
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by radiocafe | Aug 20, 2018 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
When it comes to the census, New Mexico the most difficult state in the US to get an accurate count of its residents. Why? And why does it matter so much? What are the politics of counting? Sara Solovich of Searchlight New Mexico, tells the story of our sprawling, rural state, and what’s at stake if the count is not accurate.
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by radiocafe | May 11, 2018 | Activism, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
What is a food bank, and how does it distribute food in New Mexico? Jill Dixon talks about the reasons for hunger in our communities and both hunger relief and the movements toward systemic change.
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by radiocafe | May 7, 2018 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Out of the frying pan into the fire — that’s what it feels like for some New Mexico children in foster care. Searchlight NM’s Ed Williams tells the story of a boy who ended up in the hospital for wounds apparently inflicted by the person who was supposed to protect him — his foster mother.
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by radiocafe | Apr 30, 2018 | Books, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Long-time New Mexico state senator Dede Feldman talks about grassroots economic development, from health care to housing to education, and the creative innovators who are moving our state forward.
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by radiocafe | Mar 30, 2018 | Activism, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
This federal agency kills over three million animals every year, many of them native species. Why are they killing, and how are they doing it? We talk to Wild Earth Guardians which investigates the agency, and we also discuss wildlife trapping in NM.
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by radiocafe | Jan 30, 2018 | New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Why is New Mexico so often 49th or 50th in the US for the welfare of children? We speak to a team of investigative journalists about what’s going on and how we can help the next generation of kids.
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