We are watching in slow motion possibly one of the most horrendous and preventable humanitarian disasters in our nation’s history. With schools closed, hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of children are being left to fend for themselves academically, emotionally and developmentally and they may never catch up.
Read MoreWealth and class are difficult topics to discuss – but as children grapple with inequality, it’s our job to address it.
Read MoreWhen she was younger, Ariana Julien didn’t always know where to go for help with her homework.
Her mother worked and was busy raising three children — and she didn’t always understand the new math lessons that Julien brought home.
Read MoreThe law’s passage is a victory for anti-hunger activists, who have long been critical of lunch-shaming practices that single out children with insufficient funds on their electronic swipe cards or who lack the necessary cash. These practices can include making the child wear a wrist band or requiring the child to perform chores in exchange for a meal.
Read MoreJennifer Ramo, executive director of New Mexico Appleseed, told the New York Times, “It sounds like some scene from ‘Little Orphan Annie,’ but it happens every day.”
Read MoreJennifer Ramo, the executive director of the anti-poverty and anti-hunger group New Mexico Appleseed who helped draft the law said, “People on both sides of the aisle were genuinely horrified that schools were allowed to throw out children’s food or make them work to pay off debt..”
Read MoreIt’s no secret that moms are superheroes, capable of running a global company or inspiring nonprofit while also feeding their kids healthy meals, helping with homework and cheering the loudest at the soccer game. The 50 moms we’ve chosen to spotlight here are raising families and also focusing their exceptional energy, talents, and skills on making the world a healthier and better place for us all.
Read MoreNew Mexico humanitarians to be honored at award ceremony.
Read MoreWealth and class are difficult topics to discuss – but as children grapple with inequality, it’s our job to address it.
Read MoreIt's a fundraising event many in the construction and design industry look forward to, in part because they get to do what construction companies do best — build something.
Read MoreUsually when Albuquerque's biggest construction companies work on a project, you'll see construction cranes in the sky, but for their latest projects, you might have to look down.
Read More“Keeping Families Together,” is a pilot project that addresses the intersecting problems of homelessness and child abuse and neglect. It is the first time New Mexico has turned to housing as a tool to reduce the state’s longstanding epidemic of child abuse. The idea comes by way of New Mexico Appleseed, an Albuquerque think tank that estimates 16,000 homeless children reside in New Mexico, placing the state among the 10 worst in the nation.
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