As a lawyer who represents older adults and who sits on a nonprofit organization that advocates for them, I see some of the issues that affect our most vulnerable members. At life’s start and at its close, we are dependent on the care and compassion of others to protect and nurture us. While children often […]
Author Archives: Andy Lyman
Andy Lyman is an editor at nm.news.
He oversees teams reporting on state and local government. Andy served in newsrooms at KUNM, NM Political Report, SF Reporter and The Paper. before joining nm.news in 2023.
Posted inCommentary, Opinion
Healthy communities are rooted in meaningful access to affordable civil legal services
Three out of four low-income households in New Mexico struggle with legal issues impacting basic needs like housing, financial stability, access to social and medical benefits. New Mexico’s civil legal service providers handle thousands of cases every year, but a lack of capacity caused them to turn away more than half of the people seeking […]
Posted inCommentary, Opinion
Healthy communities are rooted in meaningful access to affordable civil legal services
Three out of four low-income households in New Mexico struggle with legal issues impacting basic needs like housing, financial stability, access to social and medical benefits. New Mexico’s civil legal service providers handle thousands of cases every year, but a lack of capacity caused them to turn away more than half of the people seeking […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
By Michelle Boorstein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Barbershop was bustling with the next generation of American strivers. The mood among the young men, mostly first- or second-generation immigrants from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, was hopeful. Their candidate, Donald Trump, had just won the presidential election. Sitting in […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
By Michelle Boorstein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Barbershop was bustling with the next generation of American strivers. The mood among the young men, mostly first- or second-generation immigrants from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, was hopeful. Their candidate, Donald Trump, had just won the presidential election. Sitting in […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships
By Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Three federal judges appointed by Democrats have changed their retirement plans ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with a fourth being warned on the Senate floor not to follow suit. It is rare in the federal court system for judges to retract declarations […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships
By Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Three federal judges appointed by Democrats have changed their retirement plans ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with a fourth being warned on the Senate floor not to follow suit. It is rare in the federal court system for judges to retract declarations […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
With election over, Biden eyes parting blow to Putin war chest
By Jeff Stein, Ellen Nakashima · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office, four people familiar with the matter said, as the administration considers a parting blow in its financial war against Vladimir Putin. The move would also give the incoming […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
With election over, Biden eyes parting blow to Putin war chest
By Jeff Stein, Ellen Nakashima · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office, four people familiar with the matter said, as the administration considers a parting blow in its financial war against Vladimir Putin. The move would also give the incoming […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Musk’s dangerous, exaggerated conflation of social media and democracy
By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s been apparent for some time that Elon Musk and Donald Trump align on more than politics. Each has a, let’s say, robust sense of his own importance and an apparent need for others to recognize that importance. Both have a large fan base happy to offer […]