Santa Fe Reporter honored for using public data to list the wealthy
Corey Pein of the Santa Fe Reporter set out to find the wealthiest among Santa Fe residents… His story won first place in the AltWeekly Awards for Innovation/Format Buster.
Rosland Gammon for businessjournalism.org, July 21, 2010
SF Reporter: Tea and Private Security
Imagine a complex lawsuit. It involves the intersection of religion, business and private security, which could be hard to wrap your head around.
But, Corey Pein did just that. His cover story in this week’s Santa Fe Reporter looks at the evolution of the Sikh dharma sect in New Mexico. Pein joined us from our Santa Fe newsroom to talk about how the death of the groups leader several years ago led to a split among followers today.
KUNM News, July 8, 2010
KHALSA vs. KHALSA
A Simmering Lawsuit Could Decide The Fate Of A $1 Billion Sikh Empire
The siege on the second floor was the most dramatic moment of a coup, years in the making, that went down seven months ago in dusty Española.
The modesty of the setting belies the stakes: control of a large private army that has won more than $3.5 billion in government contracts, ownership of a trans-Atlantic natural foods empire and, not least, the fate of an influential decades-old religious sect called Sikh Dharma.
Santa Fe Reporter, July 7, 2010
Taking Dictation
Local pols cheer dead communist ruler
Picture Mr. Rogers stumbling into a James Bond flick. That basically captures the situation of Santa Fe’s affable mayor, David Coss, who just found himself at the center of an international affair involving a corrupt majority-Muslim state, its American Jewish lobbyist, a dead KGB general, Arianna Huffington and British Petroleum.
The saga came to a head shortly after May 10, which Coss had declared “Heydar Aliyev Day” in Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Reporter, June 23, 2010
Unclaimed Veterans Buried
Vets’ remains were sitting in boxes, unclaimed by family
Some may have been homeless at the time of their death, according to John Garcia, New Mexico’s Veteran Services Secretary.
Watch a video of the ceremony…
SFReporter.com, June 3, 2010
Las Cruces man claims unfair debt collections forced him to move
“In particular, [Verizon's] representative stated that she knew where [Burrows] resided and said ‘I am gonna blow your mother fucking house up.’”
SFReporter.com, May 25, 2009
Follow-ups by Consumerist, ABC News, Huffington Post
Leyba Murder Trial Day 3 (Video)
“I wanted to go back and see if they were OK. But the police…sometimes they don’t know the situation. I was afraid.” … For background on the case, read this SFR cover story, and this follow-up.
SFReporter.com, April 26, 2010
What You Missed At The Santa Fe Tea Party
SFR was on the scene for the Tea Party tax protest yesterday. Most noteworthy was the soundtrack: Incredibly earnest patriotic songs—including a John Philip Sousa march or two—played far too loud over the Plaza.
Muckrakersguide.com, April 16, 2010
The Anti-Wireless Witch Hunt
Many “electrosensitive” individuals have multiple psychiatric disorders, [Denver psychologist Herman] Staudenmayer says. “They have a disorder of belief which, when extreme, is a delusion,” he says. “They’re very vocal. They’re very advocate-oriented. There’s a hotbed [of them] in Santa Fe.”
Santa Fe Reporter, 2009-2010
Indian Diplomat Says No Concrete Deal Made In Uranium Talks With Richardson
Last week, SFR reported that Gov. Bill Richardson discussed possible uranium exports to India, a growing nuclear power and US ally, in a meeting with Susmita G. Thomas, India’s Consul General in San Francisco.
Through a spokesperson, Richardson said he “didn’t recall” that aspect of the meeting. But in an email today to SFR, Consul General Thomas adds another confirmation to the nature of the discussions.
SFReeper.com, April 6, 2010
THE STIMULUS SPIN
Which Projects Did Your Government Pay For?
[B]usted plumbing doesn’t exactly scream “recovery.” Indeed, the run-down innards of the Recovery Office suggest a Potemkin stimulus—with a propagandistic online facade masking real economic rot.
Santa Fe Reporter, April 7, 2010
BORN POOR?
Santa Fe Economist Samuel Bowles Says You Better Get Used To It
“Prior to about 20 years ago, most economists thought that inequality just greased the wheels of progress. Overwhelmingly now, people who study it empirically think that it’s sand in the wheels.”
Santa Fe Reporter, Feb. 3, 2010
THE BAILOUT LINE: What Would You Do With $250,000?
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 sum to use however they wish—say, $250,000.
SFR wondered what people would actually do with a cool quarter-mil, if it dropped in their laps. So, we asked.
SFReeper.com, Feb. 3, 2010
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Ongoing Coverage Of Santa Fe’s Domestic Violence Epidemic
[These stories reveal] a shocking persistence of domestic violence, habitual abuse and resistance to meaningful reform at all levels of enforcement and treatment for perpetrators as well as insufficient support for victims.
Santa Fe Reporter, 2009-2010
MY OH MAYAN!
2012 May Indeed Be The End Of The World As We Know It
“My only friend is my little dog, and I worry about when I should put her to sleep so she won’t suffer during the 2012 catastrophe.”
Santa Fe Reporter, Nov. 18, 2009
TEA PARTY ON
Santa Fe Is No Place To Launch A Conservative Uprising–Or Is It?
“A year ago, there was so much hope for the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party had become so marginalized. Now, it’s sort of reversed. Some of the problem was the Democrats’ own fault because we did ignore this anger of the voters,” former state Sen. Grubesic says. “The Tea Party of New Mexico, their voice is amplified because we’re so corrupt.”
Santa Fe Reporter, March 3, 2010
THE THORNBURG VARIATIONS
Behind Santa Fe’s Devastated Mortgage Company Lies An American Story Of Triumph And Loss
“Investment bankers from New York always got confused: ‘Where? New Mexico? Do I need a passport?’” Ron Chicaferro, who moved from California to join Thornburg, recalls.
Santa Fe Reporter, 2009-2010
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