Editor’s Note: This is the third piece in an anthology highlighting the experiences of first time, third party candidate Joe Nichols. With Libertarian party registrations at record levels nationally, we expect to see more millennials like Joe challenge establishment incumbents in the near future. Part .01 of Rage Against the Machines can be found here and…
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Crib Sheet: February 19th, 2017
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People! – President Trump blasting the media in a tweet Friday, sparking plenty of backlash The Crib Sheet is a collection of stories, events, and ideas that are shaping the conversation in New Mexico…
Minimum Wage Increase: Does it Work?
Las Cruces – In his 2014 State of the Union address Barack Obama said of raising the minimum wage: “It’s good for the economy; it’s good for America.” An opinion piece published in December by the executive director of NM CAFé, a public advocacy group, echoes the popular policy rhetoric that “raising the minimum wage…
Why Republicans Need to be Wary of Russia, Part II
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two part series on Russia foreign policy by contributor Wyatt Bertsch. The first piece can be found here. Politicians have pointed to the context of the emails instead of how they were produced. While the context of Clinton’s emails matter, the way in which they were procured matters as…