Grassroots Press

More Refugees Head North

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:36:28 +0000

Business leaders in the south Texas borderland have noticed a surge in Mexican nationals seeking homes and business opportunities since the beginning of the year. According to a real estate broker in McAllen, Texas, the new migrants are fleeing the narco-violence and criminality that are shattering the peace in the Mexican border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. “People from Mexico [...]

Health care reform: Do something!

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:32:43 +0000

My mother’s neighbor, who lives alone, fell and broke her leg coming down the stairs. Unemployed, uninsured and afraid to call for help, she spent the night at the bottom of the stairs with intolerable pain. Embarrassed, she admitted that she was more afraid of not being able to pay for emergency care than of [...]

Author, environmentalist Bill McKibben to speak at NMSU

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:47 +0000

Bill McKibben, an author and environmentalist, will speak at New Mexico State University’s Pan American Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11. The event is free and open to the public as part of NMSU’s annual University Speaker Series. “Bill McKibben is one of America’s best known environmentalists,” said William Eamon, dean of the NMSU [...]

Let “the idiots take over”?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:34:42 +0000

In a recent letter in the local press, a disgruntled Las Crucen predicted if the president failed to produce “a real health care bill, I and millions more will just abstain from voting and let the idiots take over.” Well, in the latest school bond voting, the turnout proved disappointingly low. Did that mean voters had [...]

District Judge Arrieta seeks election to post he holds

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:28:31 +0000

District Judge Mannie Arrieta has announced that he will seek election to a full term in the Third District Court in November. “I have enjoyed my work as a judge,” Arrieta said, “especially the opportunity to serve the people of this county fairly and impartially. The right to a fair trial is one of the cornerstones [...]

Memories of Jaime: Selena, Smiles and Serial Murder

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:16:30 +0000

March 8, 2010 International Women’s Day Memories of Jaime: Selena, Smiles and Serial Murder By most accounts, she was an outgoing girl who loved to sing and dance. Tejana legend Selena was her idol. The John Adams Middle School student loved sports, books and butterflies. And she was someone whose smile could lift a depressed person’s heart. That’s [...]

Faithless to Our Fathers: R.I.P. Their Republic

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:07:55 +0000

By Thomas Wark According to legend, Benjamin Franklin was spotted emerging from the Continental Congress and a citizen asked, “Doctor, what have we got?” and Franklin replied, “A Republic if you can keep it.” We have failed to keep it. We have evolved into government in stasis yet heading toward anarchy en route to fascism. Two party [...]

Peace film Saturday at Fountain

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:02:58 +0000

The movie, “One Peace at a Time, will be shown at the Fountain Theatre at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, 2010. This event is sponsored by the Las Cruces Friends of Peace, and, although there is no charge to view the film and participate in this event, donations will be gladly accepted. All profits [...]

Teachers to gather for NMSU literacy workshop

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:23:45 +0000

New Mexico and west Texas teachers are invited to attend the New Mexico State University College of Education Don and Sarrah Kidd Literacy Workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 13 in O’Donnell Hall Room 111. Faculty from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction as well as the College of Arts and Sciences will present [...]

Child Advocates: More Balanced Approach Taken in Special Session

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:21:16 +0000

ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico Voices for Children announced today that it is encouraged that legislators took a more balanced approach in the special session than they had in the regular session, which focused more on budget cuts than revenue enhancements. “I think the outcome was as good as we could have expected,” said Bill Jordan, Policy Director for [...]