Carol Harrisville Young

Immorality and Profit

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm On December 6th, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook, LLC, and Instagram, for creating an environment in which young people are lured to sexually explicit content. The lawsuit states…

At What Cost?

Israel’s week-long cease-fire with Hamas has ended, but the suffering of innocents has not. As soon as the cease-fire ended, Israel continued its bombing of Gaza, killing nearly 200 Palestinians and wounding hundreds more in the first day of resumed fighting. Gazans had to flee their homes and rush their dead, wounded, and dying to hospitals as the bombs resumed their devastation. The…

Forget the Bandwagon

When I read about the most recent NBC poll that finds Biden’s approval rating at the lowest level of his presidency, and most American voters not feeling “warm and fuzzy” toward the President. The polls want to make me scream. In addition to the NYT poll, a mid-November poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov found that a quarter of American voters want Biden…

GOP Transphobia

Last week was trans awareness week, and as the parent of a trans woman, I observed November 13-19 as a day of remembrance for those who have suffered from transphobic discrimination and violence. We all know that certain conservative lawmakers are anti-LGBTQ+ (to put it mildly), including New Mexico State Senator Gregg Schmedes (D-19). Senator Schmedes re-posted a tweet…

Actions Speak Louder….

A well done is better than well said Ben Franklin Last Saturday we observed Veteran’s Day. Originally termed Armistice Day in honor of those fallen during WWI, the U.S. sets aside November 11th as a day to recognize the men and women of the armed forces who have served and given their lives for our country. My…

The Right’s Assault on the Truth

This November, elections are up for members of a local school board, and unfortunately, my area is not immune to the epidemic of right-wing infiltration into such positions. On a community social media platform I follow a post titled “ Sick of woke schools?” caught my attention. The post went on to ask citizens to…

GOP Bizzaro World

I grew up with two older brothers who loved collecting comics, and as the youngest, I often grabbed their cast-offs and spent hours reading about superheroes, villains, and vampires. One of their favorite publications was the DC Bizarro World comic series, which told tales of a backward world created by a deformed clone of Superman…

Don’t Give Up on the Missing

Last week, a state task force formed in 2021 by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration to explore solutions to the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and individuals was dissolved. In 2019, New Mexico House Bill 278 was passed, and in May of 2021, Governor Lujan Grishman signed Executive Order 2021-013, which established the first phase of the task force. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and…

GOP House Fire

After House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced he was dropping out of the Speaker of the House race last Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has emerged as a probable contender to fill the slot, especially after Trump endorsed him the next day. Jordan, a founding member of the ironically named “Freedom Caucus,” is no friend to Democracy and no champion of government. Along…

Not Just About a Statue

Last month, while attending a peaceful protest against the reinstatement of the Juan de Onate statue outside the County Annex building in Espanola, 23-year-old Ryan Martinez of Sandia Park pulled a handgun from his waistband and shot Native American activist Jacob Johns in the chest. Martinez, sporting a red MAGA ballcap reportedly grappled with several men while…