/tags/black-lives-matter Black Lives Matter en-US Copyright Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:40:53 GMT /local-news/2021-08-13/lets-talk-about-the-history-of-chicano-rebellion Let’s Talk New Mexico 8/19 8am: This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Chicano-led rebellion against police brutality and racism that began in… Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:40:53 GMT /local-news/2021-08-13/lets-talk-about-the-history-of-chicano-rebellion Yasmin Khan /local-news/2021-02-18/lets-talk-beyond-black-history-month Let’s Talk New Mexico, Thursday, 2/25, 8a: February is Black History Month, and after a year that centered criticism of America’s racist past and present,… Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:51:46 GMT /local-news/2021-02-18/lets-talk-beyond-black-history-month Ty Bannerman /news/2021-01-27/canadians-are-much-less-likely-to-be-killed-by-police-gun-laws-are-a-big-reason-why This is the third story in the Mountain West News Bureau series " Elevated Risk ," a project powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. A... Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:12:21 GMT /news/2021-01-27/canadians-are-much-less-likely-to-be-killed-by-police-gun-laws-are-a-big-reason-why Erin Collins, Jordan Wirfs-Brock /news/2021-01-22/a-montana-family-speaks-out-about-police-violence-against-indigenous-people This is the second story in the Mountain West News Bureau series " Elevated Risk ," a project powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative.... Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:14:29 GMT /news/2021-01-22/a-montana-family-speaks-out-about-police-violence-against-indigenous-people Savannah Maher /news/2021-01-20/mountain-west-has-the-highest-rate-of-people-killed-by-police-in-the-nation This is the first story in the Mountain West News Bureau series " Elevated Risk ," a project powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative.... Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:17:42 GMT /news/2021-01-20/mountain-west-has-the-highest-rate-of-people-killed-by-police-in-the-nation Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /kunm-news-update/2021-01-11/veteran-and-organizer-shares-her-thoughts-on-the-insurrection-at-the-capitol Air Force veteran Barbara Jordan led the Black New Mexico Movement in Rio Rancho in the summer, organizing for equality and justice for Black and Brown… Tue, 12 Jan 2021 02:25:41 GMT /kunm-news-update/2021-01-11/veteran-and-organizer-shares-her-thoughts-on-the-insurrection-at-the-capitol Khalil Ekulona /news/2020-11-25/remember-us-sculpture-of-grieving-native-american-woman-coming-to-colorado-capitol Amid America’s racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd, a number of controversial historical monuments were torn down by protesters or removed by authorities this year, including some in the Mountain West. Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:20:44 GMT /news/2020-11-25/remember-us-sculpture-of-grieving-native-american-woman-coming-to-colorado-capitol Robyn Vincent /local-news/2020-11-03/clifton-white-and-selinda-guerrero-talk-freedom-and-the-risks-demonstrators-take Clifton White and Selinda Guerrero organized Free Them All Fridays for months, speaking out against conditions and abuses in New Mexico prisons. White had… Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:21:57 GMT /local-news/2020-11-03/clifton-white-and-selinda-guerrero-talk-freedom-and-the-risks-demonstrators-take Marisa Demarco /local-news/2020-11-01/no-more-normal-we-need-a-plan The final presidential debate of 2020 got passing marks because the candidates managed to take turns. But rarely did they roll out the kind of action… Sun, 01 Nov 2020 17:34:31 GMT /local-news/2020-11-01/no-more-normal-we-need-a-plan Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-10-30/albuquerque-organizer-clifton-white-released-from-prison For months, demonstrators fighting police violence and racism have been calling for the state to release Albuquerque protest organizer Clifton White from… Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:34:20 GMT /local-news/2020-10-30/albuquerque-organizer-clifton-white-released-from-prison Marisa Demarco