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New Mexico

Crime

Stolen and Erased

A Navajo girl was exploited and sex trafficked in urban and rural New Mexico. Why did so many fail to help her?

Nick Pachelli Searchlight New Mexico Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Travel

I Was Flying to Montana to Bury My Son

The view of a life from cruising altitude.

Mark Sundeen Outside Oct 2019 25min Permalink

History Politics

Staging the Frontier

In the Southwest’s border region, historical reenactment meets today’s reality.

Valeria Luiselli New Yorker Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Firelight Along the Frontier

The fire department working a desolate New Mexico mesa is made up of 15 anarchists and recluses and led by a friendly giant whose job is to be an administrator in a place that defies administration.

Michael Canyon Meyer This Land Aug 2016 25min Permalink

Science

How the Gold King Mine Spill Threatens the Navajo Nation

Last August, contaminated water escaped from an abandoned mine in Colorado and traveled down the Animas River to Shiprock, the second-largest city in the Navajo Nation. Two weeks later, the EPA declared the sludge-filled river safe.

Robert Sanchez 5820 Feb 2016 20min Permalink

Science

Caballo Blanco’s Last Run: The Micah True Story

The search for a missing ultramarathoner in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, and the life that lead him there.

Barry Bearak New York Times May 2012 25min Permalink