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This week on New Mexico in Focus, two advocates examine a recording that captures APD officers using racial slurs and violent language, taken moments after police shot and killed a 30-year-old man. Daniel Williams of the ACLU of New Mexico tells...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with three experts about the City of Albuquerque’s approach when dealing with a growing number of homeless people. Attorney Peter Cubra, Rachel Biggs from Health Care for the Homeless...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, KUNM’s Megan Kamerick hosts a two-part conversation about a recent town hall meeting where federal officials heard concerns from residents about nuclear production and storage in our state. In the first half, two...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver what President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race means for the ballot in New Mexico. Toulouse Oliver breaks down what will happen...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with a special roundtable to discuss all things food — why it costs so much, why so much of it gets thrown away and the social justice issues associated with access. Paskus begins by...

For seven years on NMPBS, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present, and Future” has covered so many aspects of climate change: from the oil and gas industry’s greenhouse gas emissions to how human-caused warming affects our rivers, forests,...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we celebrate Independence Day by assessing New Mexico's media ecosystem. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with three people working to strengthen the financial stability of our state's local news organizations....

This week, NMiF looks ahead to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's special session in July. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks Senior Public Safety Adviser Benjamin Baker which bills we can expect to see at the session. In the first of a two-part...

This week on New Mexico in Focus Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Marshall Martinez of Equality New Mexico about celebrating Pride month and the current state of LGBTQ rights in the Southwest.   Correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, a group of New Mexico Black community leaders and elders tell us about the importance of celebrating Juneteenth. In the first of three conversations, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks Joe and Rita Powdrell about the roots...