New Mexico In Depth (https://nmindepth.com/prominence/commentary/page/3/)
COMMENTARY: It has been widely reported that Johnny Depp, in his role as Tonto in the new film “The Lone Ranger,” wants to challenge stereotypes about Native Americans, but Native media was limited to the role of sidekick to other media outlets this week.
COMMENTARY: When journalists focus repeatedly on tragic statistics and violence on reservations, we’re missing some of the best stories, and doing a disservice to New Mexico’s Native youth.
COMMENTARY: On paper, the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange is one of the most transparent in the nation. But in practice, the exchange is struggling to live up to that standard.
COMMENTARY: Legislators shirked their duty to be deliberative and transparent when they passed a complex tax-reform bill on Saturday. If the problem, as some believe, is that New Mexico’s legislative process is designed to avoid debate and scrutiny, then the process needs reform.
COMMENTARY: Martin Heinrich’s campaign stumbled last week when it prevented Rob Nikolewski of Capitol Report New Mexico from covering Sen. John Kerry with other reporters. Let me be clear: I don’t care about liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. This post is about my tribe – journalists.
COMMENTARY: In 2006, a newspaper report that documented abuses of law and power in New York’s town and village courts helped birth New Mexico In Depth.
COMMENTARY: New Mexico In Depth represents an attempt to capture a realistic portrait of the complicated world in which we all live, to think beyond artificial subject areas – city hall, state capitol, a school classroom, health care. In other words, we want to make life recognizable to those who live it.