Afternoon Freeform

2 weeks ago | kunm.org | Frank Langfitt

Last year, David Koranyi attended his mother's 70th birthday party back home in Hungary, but the indirect route he took highlights the autocratic rule that grips his homeland. Instead of flying straight to Hungary, Koranyi flew to neighboring Austria and then turned off his phone and drove across the border where there was no passport control and he knew he could slip in undetected.

2 weeks ago | kunm.org | Megan Kamerick

A new exhibit on nuclear weapons opens Wednesday at the University of New Mexico’s Zimmerman Library as part of a nationwide tour. “The bomb” is an immersive multimedia installation created by journalist Eric Schlosser and artist Smriti Keshari. There will be a two-day symposium starting Wednesday to open the exhibit.

2 weeks ago | kunm.org | Taylor Velazquez

The plaintiffs in a landmark equity education lawsuit are headed back to court Tuesday because they say the State of New Mexico has not complied with court orders. A 2018 ruling in the Yazzie/Martinez case by Judge Sarah Singleton found New Mexico was not providing an equitable education to students who are low-income, Native American, have disabilities, or are English language learners.

2 weeks ago | kunm.org | Megan Lim |Courtney Dorning |Juana Summers

In the decades since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, many Americans have tried to use the model of protest to achieve their political goals. But do protests work?

2 weeks ago | kunm.org | Bryce Dix

A new state report out this week finds conifer tree deaths – including iconic species like the Ponderosa and Pinyon pine – doubled in New Mexico’s forests last year. The New Mexico Forest Health Conditions 2024 report by the New Mexico Forestry Division, is based on aerial surveys over 14 million acres of state, private, tribal, and federal forests. Key findings show 70,000 acres of conifer forests died in 2024 – up from 33,000 in the previous year.