In an interview for SFR's new cover story, "Born Poor," Santa Fe Institute economist Samuel Bowles suggested that the government invest directly in individuals, perhaps by giving everyone a lump...
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power 7 pm Tuesday, Feb. 9 Free Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St. 988-4226 In this week's SFR, we talk with James McGrath Morris, the...
You may think you know the hardest-working man in showbiz, but you ain't seen nothing til you've checked out the Russell Sharf and Jazz Explosion. Comprised of Milton Villarubia on drums, Case...
Group Show Reception 5-9 pm Friday, Feb. 12 Through Feb. 20 Meow Wolf 1800 Second St. 204-4651 699-1424 Santa Fe's noisiest and arguably most prolific artist collective, Meow Wolf,...
Turns out you have to pay for the New Mexican—and this jolly sign at the Roundhouse, complete with exclamation point and a handmade feel, makes $1 seem like a steal.
Of course, this dispenser does appear easily circumvented…
SFR’s current cover story on economic inequality has been bouncing around the econoblogosphere. It’s also getting some attention in the Roundhouse. Apparently, New Mexico Lt. Gov. candidate and state Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino just plugged the story in a budget hearing. That’s according to the New Mexico Independent’s liveblog.
Here’s a visual appendix to the story that lawmakers might find useful. SFR made the following color-coded charts using Internal Revenue Service data for the 2007 tax year. The first shows that New Mexico is a solidly working-class state, with only a sliver of the population claiming even moderate wealth.
Approximately 18,500 New Mexicans reported incomes over $200,000, versus 719,200 who reported making less than $50,000.
This chart is from the Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families in Santa Fe. It shows the dramatic increase in the number of domestic violence victims, both adults and children, they tended to last year, as well as a slight increase in the number of offenders who got some form of counseling through the shelter.
The shelter’s figures don’t give a complete picture, however. Police statistics provided by Santa Fe Domestic & Sexual Violence Liaison Carol Horwitz show fewer 911 calls, but more arrests.
Those stats, and more, after the cut.
The Santa Fe Reporter
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