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This week, New Mexico in Focus explores problems in the classroom which the state's new public education secretary will face.  Correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with Karen Sanchez-Griego, a former superintendent of the Cuba Independent School...

This week, New Mexico in Focus explores the history of Labor Day and the state of labor in New Mexico in 2024.   Senior Producer Lou DiVizio sits down with University of New Mexico Professor Jason Scott Smith as he explains the roots of the holiday and...

This week, New Mexico in Focus explores minimum wage rates around our state. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions Secretary Sarita Nair on state protections for minimum wage employees and tipped...

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....