For decades starting in 1907 Indigenous women and women of color across the country, including New Mexico, were forced or coerced into sterilizations without their informed consent. On Thursday, a coalition of Indigenous women’s reproductive rights advocates called on state lawmakers to create a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate the abuses.

Source New Mexico’s Patrick Lohman reports the discovery marks the first time the plume has been detected within the pueblo boundaries. State officials say the plume’s spread does not pose imminent threats to drinking water in the pueblo or in Los Alamos County because the plume is not near any known private or public wells.

A list of resources around New Mexico for those who need assistance in the wake of the ongoing government shutdown and disruption in SNAP benefits.

This week on Let’s Talk New Mexico we’re discussing all things food insecurity in New Mexico, including the overarching causes and necessary changes.