New Mexico In Depth

In a historic move, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission made the trek from Washington D.C. all the way to western New Mexico on April 22 to meet with Navajo tribal members and leaders who desperately want uranium contamination off their lands. KUNM talked with New Mexico In Depth’s Marjorie Childress to find out what the community was saying.

Thousands of uranium mines lie abandoned across New Mexico and the Southwest. Now, lawsuit settlement money from large corporations and the U.S. Government is being pumped in to cleaning them up. Could that mean jobs as well as a healthier environment for New Mexicans?

The census is one of the more important events in our democracy. Every 10 years each person is counted so that resources can be allocated, programs…

COVID-19 spreads most easily in confined spaces with lots of people, so at least a dozen states have released hundreds or thousands of prisoners early to…

Tribal communities in New Mexico have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus, due to deep social and economic disparities resulting from…

Many New Mexicans are being told to stay at home and distance themselves from others to minimize the cases of COVID-19 in the state. But that’s not an…

Episode 31 is all about jails and prisons during the pandemic, and it's packed. (Plus, Your NM Gov is airing weeknights at 8 p.m. on KUNM this week.) We…

A 2016 federal sting operation in Albuquerque that targeted largely communities of color is raising more questions about the tactics officers used and how…

During the irrigation season in New Mexico, the Rio Grande is allowed to go completely dry in some stretches. Even Saturday’s intense thunderstorm in…

There’s been a lot of focus lately both locally and nationally on how police officers use force—sometimes deadly force—against people.Now, New Mexico’s…