Mark Haslett
All Things Considered HostMark Haslett began work in public radio in 2006 at High Plains Public Radio in Garden City, Kansas. Haslett has worked for newspapers and radio stations across the Southwest and earned numerous Texas AP Broadcasters awards for news reporting. His work has been broadcast across Texas NPR member stations, as well as the NPR Newscast and All Things Considered. An Alabama native with family ties to Texas and Illinois, Haslett holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from East Texas A&M University. He has taught English at the undergraduate level and at a private language school in Campeche, Mexico. Haslett's interests include the music of David Bowie, Soviet music of the 1930s, and the history of the 20th century. His favorite books about the Southwest are Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya; and La Maravilla by Alfredo Vea, Jr. Email Mark
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The July 2025 death of Kayla Vanlandingham, 19, has underscored the dangers faced by those using road crossings throughout the city. -
Dr. Carmen Landau and Marie Landau's work addresses the way institutionalized prejudices and personal histories of trauma affect the way providers give and patients receive care. -
About 200 graduate student workers and their supporters picketed at the intersection of Yale Blvd. and Las Lomas Rd. on the campus of the University of New Mexico on Friday. The demonstration was organized by the United Graduate Workers of the University of New Mexico Local 1466. A new round of contract negotiations with the UNM administration began in April. -
A bill that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to some New Mexico World War II veterans has failed to make it through Congress in recent years, but some descendants of those veterans are continuing efforts to secure that honor. -
The Rio Grande Rivalry football game returns to Albuquerque Saturday, when the University of New Mexico hosts New Mexico State University for the 115th time in the history of the schools. Kickoff at University Stadium is at 2 p.m. -
Sze lives in Santa Fe, and is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts. -
Many of the oldest cottonwoods are nearing the end of their life cycle, and while the drought might claim a few of those aging trees, the cottonwoods of the Rio Grande bosque will endure, even as time and a warming climate change the makeup of Albuquerque's urban forest. -
The Association of Women's Business Centers included Albuquerque on a five-stop national tour to highlight the importance of Women's Business Centers to local economies. -
DarkSky New Mexico offers resources for homeowners, businesses and public agencies looking to reduce light pollution, which wastes energy and harms the natural environment. -
The Rio Grande has been dry in Albuquerque for about a month, and while some expected rains within the next few days might mitigate matters a bit, the overall situation with the river this summer is fairly dire.
