Good Morning New Mexico Friends and Activists, From Paul: I get several emails a day asking that I continue to write about my experience. nd while I find that narrative a bit mor self-referential than I’d like, I also believe… Read More ›
New Mexico
Are There Limits to Criminal Justice Reform? Plus a Recording of the Public Power Webinar
Criminal justice reform will require a good deal of experimentation as we move from public safety models that for centuries have focused on incarceration. Today, we examine the challenges involved in applying restorative justice principles to protest and destruction of… Read More ›
Tired of Being 50th In All Good Things? We Don’t Have to Be
New Mexico is 50th in everything good. And it’s our children who suffer most. Addressing the needs of children and other underserved communities costs money. NM is always scraping together a budget, but with insufficient resources our state is constrained… Read More ›
Democracy in Peril with Existential Deadlines in Play: How Do We Accelerate Change? A Look at Races in NM CD1 & Nina Turner in Ohio CD 11. Also, Trump May be Going Down
After a very brief reflection on the potential impact of the Trump organization’s finally facing criminal charges, we turn to two Congressional races and the efforts of Democratic centrists to influence those races. What is undemocratic? And with the existential… Read More ›
Public Power: A Path to Energy Democracy, a Just Transition, & 100% Renewable Energy
PNM, Xcel and El Paso Electric have slow-walked toward renewable energy goals and that walk is about to become a crawl, if we don’t take proactive action. And we are. Retake is working with other energy activists to seek energy… Read More ›
Getting Real About What Must Get Done and Who Must Do It: A Three Minute Read
I’ll be brief today, outlining in the broadest of strokes what must get done and who can possibly do it. As most all of us appreciate, the looming climate catastrophe has set a deadline, one that keeps getting closer and… Read More ›