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A sort of collective amnesia sets in as organizations begin to refer to the new category’s long history and develop narratives about the rich cultural basis of the classification. By then, the category is completely institutionalized, and the new classification is, like other classifications, assumed to have existed. —Cristina Mora, Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American

The map for the state House, unlike the new U.S. Congressional map, garnered praise for its partisan fairness. University of New Mexico professor Gabriel Sanchez, who evaluated the redistricting process before the election, told New Mexico PBS he found no compelling evidence of partisan gerrymandering in the state maps.

The election of all 70 seats in the New Mexico House was the first go around for a new district map. While Democratic control of the House will remain the same, the redistricting process may not.

Thursday is the 75th anniversary of the ruling that barred creating separate schools for “Spanish-speaking” children.

Este mes se cumple el aniversario de la primera “exhibición del kinetógrafo” en la ciudad. Hubo que instalar luz eléctrica en el Teatro Principal y acondicionar el escenario para ver, por primera vez, "cuadros en movimiento".

Eyes on maya. woke up this morning with my eyes on maya, going to love, going to resist, going to love just like her. >> ah, gosh. >> yes. >> oh. professor sanchez, i said, you know, i learned my power as a woman reading the words of dr. angelou, and then when my travels took me to temple university and i discovered you, it took my life in a direction of power and strength that i didnt know existed. but when we as black women identify with dr. angelou and yourself, and we see the people who dont...