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This week on New Mexico in Focus, producer Sarah Gustavus looks at why it is important for students who identify as Latino, African American, Native American or Asian to see their culture reflected in textbooks, lessons and images in their classroom. A...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, host Gene Grant sits down with Yvette Kaufman-Bell, executive director of the New Mexico Office of African American Affairs, to discuss strategies for improving the health of African American children in our state. High...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Khalil Ekulona sits down with sociology professor and author Rick Eckstein to talk about youth sports, women’s sports and what’s at stake for young athletes – in New Mexico and across the...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant explores a unique learning experience with two tutors from a college in the City Different. For over 25 years, “Summer Classics” at St. John’s College in Santa Fe has hosted participants from around the world...

Advocates say humanizing people on the streets helps address other concerns for the health and well-being of people who are experiencing instability in their housing. This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales leads a conversation...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick interviews Santa Fe author Caroline Fraser, whose book, “Prairie Fires: The American Dreams Of Laura Ingalls Wilder,” won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for biography. “Prairie Fires” puts...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick interviews the new president of The University of New Mexico, Garnett S. Stokes, who is the first woman to serve in the highest leadership position at UNM. They will talk about her priorities...

New Mexico PBS/KNME-TV recently won several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Top of the Rockies Competition. New Mexico PBS serves most of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation, broadcasting a wide array of nature, history, current...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with journalist and author Gustavo Arellano, creator of the formerly syndicated column “Ask a Mexican,” to talk about the importance of alternative newsweeklies, free speech, and...

Join in on the fun at the next New Mexico PBS Science Café on May 19 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. with Deb Novak as she discusses citizen science from 10 a.m. to noon in the STEM Theater at The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Novak, who is...