We also provide an update on our campaign to support Asylum Seekers (you done good!), and information about an array of events and opportunities. NM Voices report includes a link to a summary of every bill signed into law in… Read More ›
Economic Justice, Community & Economic Development
Plastic Free Markets Are Coming and So Are Refugees—Time to Act Santa Fe
We’ve got a list of needed items, a place to drop off donations and drivers to get them to ABQ and the refugees. Details provided. Please share. This post also features an interesting article on the growth of plastic-free food… Read More ›
Public Banking & Nationalized Energy: A Two Pronged Strategy for Freedom from Corporate Monopolies and False Choices
This post describes our need to take control of the banking, fossil fuel and utility industries to address climate change adequately. After hearing Dar Jamail speak at the Lensic, I am convinced that whatever hope we have requires the end… Read More ›
Plastics in Appalachia: The New Coal…..Just What We Need, Another Coal, Plus a Bad Day at the Roundhouse
Last week I wrote about how we need to vastly reduce our use of one-use plastics in part due to our inability to recycle plastic and in part due to plastic’s reliance upon fracking. And then Roxanne sent me this… Read More ›
3 Dems Flip, Depriving NM Kids of $50-84M a Year Plus What Our Bills Would Do for Working Families
Yesterday we saw first hand how things can go when Democrats flip and the 3 Dems who flipped were all from Santa Fe and ABQ. Humiliating. Infuriating. Today, we also examine the potential impact on a family of five of… Read More ›
Food Tax in NM Being Resurrected and WOW on Response to Call Senators About the Wall
Yesterday’s Action Alert demonstrated the critical importance of immediate, actionable information and of you sharing. Today, we return to the food tax, something Senator Wirth surprisingly described as not being “off the table.” Retake considers a Food Tax off the… Read More ›