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Poor defendants almost always make a first court appearance on their own, without a lawyer present to interpret the charges against them. Routinely, they meet the public defenders assigned to represent them only moments before they are supposed to negotiate critical decisions, such as a plea deal or the conditions for their release.

"When Defendants Cannot Afford a Lawyer, and Neither Can New Mexico" is from the December 29, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Fernanda Santos and narrated by Kristi Burns.

When Bennett J. Baur, New Mexico’s chief public defender, took office in April, he set out to review the workload of every lawyer on his team, ahead of another year of belt-tightening in a state whose budget has been crippled by the slump in oil and gas prices.

One place stood out: Hobbs, the largest city in Lea County, a misshapen rectangle speckled by pump jacks in the oil-rich Permian Basin, along the edge of western Texas.

How should we be rethinking hunger? This is a biweekly podcast about people who are making change in our food system. The New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network invites you to join in on critical conversations with thought leaders on the issue of food insecurity. Hosted by Sophia Rose, NMOST Meals VISTA and food systems thinker, this informative, interview-based podcast is sure to leave you with a greater resolve to make change.

The stories in this collection reflect a fundamental truth about Santa Fe: history depends on who's telling it. Too often the story of this city has been told only by the conquerors and the tourism PR firms. Hear the stories that never make the glossy tour brochures: the working class and the underground, the decolonized and the ever-haunted; the Santa Fe only we know.... Conquered and reconquered, colonized and commodified, Santa Fe understands - from historical genocide to the murders of family members - the intimacy of violence.

You're on vacation in the Caribbean when you find yourself caught up in a web of intrigue and adventure. Suddenly, it's up to you to save the island from an eccentric local industrialist, and success will depend on your ability to learn enough Spanish to complete your mission....