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Young people in the last decades have had to study more than academics they’ve had to learn what to do when a person shows up to your school with a gun and starts shooting. And unfortunately those types of skills could help you anywhere these days even on Capitol Hill. As the American pandemic of gun violence grows, so do the arguments about what can be done about it. Often those arguments are about the Second Amendment, but do we have the right to bear arms . right? Or are we arguing about it wrong? NoMoNo hits part two of our look at gun violence.Read More
KUNM news team wins dozens of awards May 20, 2021
KUNM news staff took home dozens of awards this year for radio coverage ranging from podcasts to breaking news. The awards are especially notable after a year of immense challenges where reporters struggled to keep communities informed on COVID-19 and racist violence, while also staying safe and measuring their own pandemic challenges. This year of loss culminated in November with the death of Interim News Director Hannah Colton. Colton is among those awarded, taking home 8 awards this year between the Society for Professional Journalists and New Mexico Press Women.
Other winners include Nash Jones, Megan Kamerick, Ty Bannerman, Yasmin Khan, and Marisa Demarco and Khalil Ekulona for their work on No More Normal.
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Ex-Labor Official Says Safety Threats Prompted Resignation – Associated Press The former leader of the state Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment benefits said his resignation in April was linked to threatening messages and incidents at the agency and elsewhere, in a string of Twitter posts Thursday.Read More
Neighbors along the Lead Ave. and Coal Ave. corridor in southeast Albuquerque say they have a unique problem: cars regularly crashing into their homes and yards. After the ART bus project reduced lanes on adjacent Central Ave., they say their residential thoroughfare is busier than ever.Read More
Many Hispanic Americans who aren t yet vaccinated against the coronavirus are eager to get the shot, according to the results of a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. 33 Percent of unvaccinated Hispanic respondents reported wanting to get vaccinated as soon as possible, compared to about 16% of unvaccinated non-Hispanic white and Black responde