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Most New Mexico county jails are understaffed; some are overfull
Staff vacancy rates are 20% or greater at more than half of New Mexico’s county-run jails, even as some facilities report having more inmates than beds.
Katherine Crociata, a lobbyist for the New Mexico…
La atención de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom
Daniel Chang and Angela Hart
Florida
Gobernador Ron DeSantisEdad: 45Población de Florida: 22.2 million
California
Gobernador Gavin NewsomEdad: 56Población de California: 39 million
El candidato presidencial…
Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano
Daniel Chang and Angela Hart
Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantisAge: 45Florida population: 22.2 million
California
Gov. Gavin NewsomAge: 56California population: 39 million
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis…
Progressive and Anti-Abortion? New Group Plays Fast and Loose to Make Points
This summer pedestrians, drivers, and passengers in Washington, D.C., saw a new type of graffiti among the usual urban scrawls: anti-abortion advocacy designed to troll this ultra-blue city. On sidewalks, on bridge overpasses, and…
How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients
By Oona Tempest and Andy Miller
November 27, 2023
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Oona Tempest and Andy Miller
About 25 years ago, Andy Miller learned he had hypothyroidism, a condition that…
Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care
After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder.
For her and millions of other…
Case seeking to bar Trump from 2024 ballot appealed to Colorado Supreme Court
The widely anticipated next phase of a challenge to former President Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility to seek office again began on Monday with separate appeals filed by Trump and the plaintiffs…
Activists calling for ceasefire in Gaza stage die-in outside representative’s field office
New Mexicans urged Rep. Melanie Stansbury to join the call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza by staging a die-in outside her Albuquerque field office on Monday.
On a concrete sidewalk in front of…
Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on Indigenous issues
Trump signed the CARES Act that allocated $8 billion in funding for tribal governments and an additional $2 billion for the Indian Health Service. Many nations used this funding to provide direct support for their citizens during the…
Backlash to Affirmative Action Hits Pioneering Maternal Health Program for Black Women
For Briana Jones, a young Black mother in San Francisco, a city program called the Abundant Birth Project has been a godsend.
Designed to counter the “obstetric racism” that researchers say leads a disproportionate number of…