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Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on 19 October 1986, in Mbuzini, South Africa. Authoritarian and popular,...
Catholics say Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ would hurt immigrant families—and the church
America Magazine
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July 2, 2025
(OSV News) -- It was one of the most contentious issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and now it’s an estimated $170 billion component of the Senate version of the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: immigration...
Fort Wingate, University Heights Historic Districts Added To State Register Of Cultural Properties
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
Black and white image of Fort Wingate. Courtesy/NMDCA NMDCA News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Historic Preservation Division is pleased to announce that a pair of historic districts have been added to the State Register of Cultural Properties. In...
Things to Know Before Moving to Albuquerque, NM
Racine County Eye - Wisconsin
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July 2, 2025
Albuquerque may be a Southwestern town baking under the sun, where many people often assume it’s all cacti, cowboy boots, and Breaking Bad references. However, there’s so much more to it than Gustavo Fring’s Los Pollos Hermanos. Sign up for daily...
Calif AG Bonta Sues HHS, DHS for Handing Over Illegal Immigrants’ Medicaid Info to ICE
California Globe
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July 2, 2025
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Tuesday that California, along with 19 other states, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide access to individual personal health data to the...
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ portends ‘unprecedented’ impact on immigrant families, workers
Dialog - Delaware
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July 2, 2025
It was one of the most contentious issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and now it’s an estimated $170 billion component of the Senate version of the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: immigration enforcement and...
This part of New Mexico is often overlooked, but it’s packed with wonders
Apple Valley News Now (KAPP) - Washington State
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(CNN) — Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, is nourished by the Rio Grande River and the fertile Mesilla Valley, surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert and backed in the east by the dramatic peaks of the Organ Mountains. The mountains, whose name...
Joannie Suina Named Assistant Secretary For Native American Early Childhood Education And Care
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
ECECD Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Education and Care Joannie Suina, Ed.D ECECD News: SANTA FE — The Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced Monday the appointment of Joannie Suina, Ed.D., as assistant...
Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge team wins New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award
The University of New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
The Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge (SSR_GC) team has been awarded the 2025 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award (STEMYS) in Higher Education by the New Mexico Tech Engagement Office of the Air Force Research Laboratory. The STEMYS...
An ‘Indigenously Positive’ special on New Mexico in Focus
The University of New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Indigenously Positive takes the spotlight with stories and perspectives from Native people and communities across the state. The collaboration between NMPBS and nonprofit news organization New Mexico In Depth...
20 US states sue Trump administration over leaking personal data to immigration agency
China Daily Global
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LOS ANGELES -- California, leading a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the administration of US President Donald Trump over leaking citizens' personal information. Charging the Trump administration with illegally sharing...
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins suit against Trump administration over immigrant Medicaid data
NPR Illinois
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July 2, 2025
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has once again joined a coalition of 19 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration, this time over its sharing of immigrant health data with federal immigration enforcement agencies. The suit,...
State borders may determine whether children born in the U.S. to immigrants are citizens
Wyoming Public Media
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July 2, 2025
Laws could vary state to state regarding which babies born on U.S. soil qualify for citizenship. This comes after the Supreme Court reduced judicial powers last week. Federal district court judges previously blocked an executive order from...
Forbes names U.S. Eagle among best in New Mexico
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
Forbes recognition highlights member-first approach; credit union plans a second Farmington branch U.S. Eagle plans to open a second Farmington branch, expand into Durango and boost digital banking in the coming years. (Courtesy U.S. Eagle Federal...
A Slew of Blue States Are Suing Trump’s Department of Education
Townhall
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July 2, 2025
Sixteen Democrat-led states are suing the Trump administration over cuts the Department of Education (ED) made to mental health funding for schools. In April, the ED announced that it would slash $1 billion in funding, pointing out that “woke”...
University of New Mexico controller Norma Allen announces retirement after decades of service
ABQ Times - New Mexico
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June 26, 2025
James Holloway, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Mexico | The University of New MexicoJames Holloway, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Mexico | The...
Report: More oversight needed for rising New Mexico election costs
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
Voters enter the Doña Ana County Government Center to cast their vote for the local 2023 elections on Nov. 7. Danielle Prokop/Source NM × Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver pushes back against some of report’s findings A new report issued by...
AG Kaul Sues U.S. Department of Education Over School Mental Health Cuts
Urban Milwaukee - Wisconsin
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MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that late Monday, Wisconsin joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for illegally cutting congressionally approved funding for mental health programs in K-12...
20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Leaking Personal Data to Immigration Agency
teleSUR
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta, July 2025. X/ @sfchronicle July 2, 2025 Hour: 7:40 am On Tuesday, California, leading a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over leaking citizens’...
How Immigrants and Other ESL Students Make American English Their Own
Literary Hub
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July 2, 2025
I was born in the United States and therefore speak American English, because, aside from a brief few years in my childhood when my father assured me that my first language was Mandarin Chinese (my mother’s native tongue), I was raised in an...