Jul 01 2016

President’s monuments legacy about more than conserving pristine public lands

2018-06-14T20:16:47-06:00Blog Posts, Human Rights/Civic Participation Blog, Racial and Ethnic Equity Blog|

Besides being a champion of conservation, President Obama has used the Antiquities Act to celebrate important American stories and preserve their birthplaces for future generations. By preserving the epicenters where critical turning points in our nation’s history were made—many of them driven by the need to right societal wrongs―we are commemorating the tapestry that is America and telling the story of the richness and diversity of our country.

May 09 2012

Extreme makeover: Election edition

2018-04-03T12:39:42-06:00Blog Posts, Human Rights/Civic Participation Blog|

New Mexico politics will be getting an extreme makeover this year. It’s not just a presidential year. Four of the five members of our congressional delegation are being chosen and all 112 members of the state legislature are up for election. Nearly 20 current state legislators have chosen to give up their seat this year, and that alone will mean big changes are coming.

May 13 2011

Heath Care as a Human Right, Slavery, and the Abandonment of Logic

2024-03-14T15:29:05-06:00Blog Posts, Health Blog, Human Rights/Civic Participation Blog|

If access to health care is a human right – as suggested in a recent op ed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) – then it makes slaves of physicians, hospital janitors, and everyone else working in the health care sector. That’s according to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), the physician-cum-politician, who never saw a government program he didn’t hate.

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