Fire Reaches Nuclear Lab, Town Evacuates
While the nation's eyes are on the potential environmental catastrophe unfolding at the Fort Calhoun power plant, we in northern New Mexico are facing a growing environmental disaster of our own. Ours...
View ArticleSmoke from Fire Near Nuclear Lab Inundates My Town
The Las Conchas Fire continues to rage near Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, growing to 70,000 acres in three days, and sparking spot fires at Technical Area 16 (TA-16) which houses tritium. Yesterday, a...
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A NM Tribe Loses its Forest (Updated)
The Las Conchas Fire is now the largest wildfire in New Mexico's history. It has burned 123,000 acres (189 square miles) including the watershed and sacred sites of Santa Clara Pueblo.While Los Alamos...
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Firefighters Save Nuclear Lab, Prove that Government Works!
On June 26 at 1:00 pm, a tree fell across a power line twelve miles Southwest of Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory. Within the next 24 hours, the Las Conchas fire consumed 48,000 acres. Within a week...
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IGTNT: "The Only One for Me is You..."
~ Photo Credit llbearAs of today, 1,678 American soldiers have been killed in or near Afghanistan. 4,474 have died in Iraq.I Got the News Today is a diary series intended to honor, respect and remind....
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Help Defeat Cannon AFB's War on Northern NM
Fifty years after Eisenhower's famous warning to beware the growing power of the military-industrial complex, speaker after speaker at a public hearing in Santa Fe, NM, suggested that Cannon Air Force...
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1 in 6 Blogathon: Fighting Hunger in my Community One Misunderstanding at a Time
My community, Rio Arriba County in Northern New Mexico, produces more farmers than any other county in New Mexico. Ninety percent of our farms are under 50 acres. Incomes are well below poverty.My...
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IGTNT: They Led Selfless Lives
~ Photo Credit llbearAs of today, 1,828 American soldiers have been killed in or near Afghanistan. 4,482 have died in Iraq.I Got the News Today is a diary series intended to honor, respect and remind....
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Anonymous' Attack on Drug Cartel Benefits Youth in my County
The Houston Chronicle reports that the ubiquitous hacktivist (dis)organization Anonymous is celebrating Halloween by threatening to expose the members of Zetas, one of the most powerful drug cartels in...
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IGTNT: He Died on Veteran's Day
~ Photo Credit llbearAs of today, 1,828 American soldiers have been killed in or near Afghanistan. 4,482 have died in Iraq.I Got the News Today is a diary series intended to honor, respect and remind....
View ArticleReport Suspicious Police Activity to the FBI
This is a short diary because I have to go to work. I'm pissed.Several diaries have already pointed out that according to the Minnesota Examiner, Federal Law Enforcement Officials coordinated the...
View ArticleLifting the Digital Curtain: an NN Pepsi Challenge
Pepsi Challenge Grant: Lifting the Digital CurtainMany communities across the United States, especially rural communities and communities of color, live behind a digital divide. They don’t have access...
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IGTNT: He Died Far From Home
~ Photo Credit llbearAs of today, 1,696 US military personnel have been killed in or near Afghanistan, while 4,483 have been killed in or near Iraq.I Got the News Today is a diary series intended to...
View ArticleAction Diary: Diversify Netroots Nation
Pepsi Challenge Grant: http://www.refresheverything.com/...Last year, I brought a team of three non-blogging activists with me to Netroots Nation from rural Rio Arriba in northern New Mexico to learn...
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Your VOTE can help us win a grant to send people of color to Providence for...
Cross-posted from Native American Netroots Pepsi Challenge Grant: The Progressive Slate and Communities Joined in Action, Lifting the Digital CurtainRural communities and communities of color live...
View ArticleMeteor Blades: Stop Sending me Stupid Juggling Vids
The day before yesterday, Meteor Blades e-mailed me. "Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse says you volunteered to write a subscription diary.""Yeah," I wrote back. "But first you gotta watch this video....
View ArticleHelp us GOTV in Communities of Color in 2012
As some of you know, I have applied for a Pepsi Challenge grant to diversify the blogosphere and help progressives to build relationships with communities of color. I have been attending Netroots...
View ArticleKossack Barbwire has Passed Away
This is a very short diary. I am seeing tweets from New Mexico bloggers that our fellow New Mexican, barbwire, passed away tonight after struggling with cancer. Barb was the coordinator of Democracy...
View ArticleJust a Few Days Left to Get Us There
I've been going to Netroots Nation for four years and each time I've gone, I've noticed how few people of color are present. Yet the Netroots Nation board and others have repeatedly tried to recruit. I...
View ArticleD'Var Torah: Sh'Mot (It's All in a Name)
Today's parshat, the first portion of Exodus, is called Sh'Mot, or Names. It begins with the names of the sons of Israel who went down to Egypt and then proceeds to tell the story of the women who...
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