Much protest was sparked by the proposal to build a new Wal-Mart at the corner of Coors Boulevard and Montaño Road. In October, the city’s Environmental Planning Commission voted against the proposal, putting the plans to a halt for now.
CNN just lost its credibility as a broadcast news outlet, and it all started with “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart.
From 1913 through 2012, the world population quadrupled from 1.65 to 7 billion people. In this relatively short time frame, the Earth’s ecosystem has been stressed beyond its ability to sustain our civilization.
A self-proclaimed Mac fanatic found a picture of a factory worker on his newest device and decided he wanted to find out more about where Apple products come from and how they’re made.
I am from Connecticut. And for the past month, I’ve been in the midst of countless discussions and debates about what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14.
The 2012 election was a big dilemma. But even a dilemma between two evils can be met with a sigh of relief if the lesser evil wins a victory over the greater one.
Three weeks ago, the climate advocacy group 350.org organized a large rally in New York City that was broadcast around the country in order to organize against the building of the Keystone XL pipeline and give the cold hard facts about climate change.
Instead of spending Christmas with me and my sister, my mother is flying back home to Michigan. Sure, she wants to see her ailing parents, but her main reason for going back is to escape the crowds of people fleeing the cities when the world ends.
Last week, scientists announced a groundbreaking discovery in the field of space exploration: NASA’s Messenger probe detected large deposits of water ice in impact craters on Mercury.
What is that thing on my skin? Is it normal? Could it be cancer? How can I tell?
The people of Gaza took to the streets on Nov. 21 to celebrate the ending of an intense eight-day conflict. During those eight days, more than 160 Palestinians were killed, more than half of whom were civilians, including 37 children.
Is America a “police state?” Within the context of mainstream political discourse in America, the subject is unworthy of discussion.
Earth’s frozen water is intimately linked to our climate. Snow and ice cool the Arctic and Antarctic, helping to drive global weather patterns and ocean circulation.
In my previous column, I talked about the legal and political relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States since 1898 in preparation for this discussion about the pros and cons of statehood
Each country has its own policy on how free the Internet should be, but the outcome of a conference in Dubai next month might change that.
In the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX requires gender equality in the hiring and employment practices of all federally financed institutions, including universities that receive federal funds and their athletic programs.
In a Nov. 6 referendum, 54 percent of Puerto Ricans voted no on the question of whether “Puerto Rico should continue to have its present form of territorial status.”
Do you know what is special about this week, besides being the week before Thanksgiving? This is Get Smart About Antibiotics Week. Bet you didn’t know that, did you?
Last Tuesday, voters cast their ballots and decided on a number of important questions facing the city, state and country. One of these questions, which I have written about previously, was whether to raise Albuquerque’s minimum wage and index it with the cost of living.
Leading up to Election Day, New Mexicans had seen Democrat Martin Heinrich’s camping bed and Republican Heather Wilson’s kitchen so many times they thought they were on some RV trip from hell with the candidates.
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