Wong Kim Ark
A 1901 photo of Wong Kim Ark, required as a condition of his bond after his arrest in El Paso. (National Archive photo courtesy of Amanda Frost)

Stuff you need to know, 7.8.22

“He won a landmark citizenship case at the US Supreme Court. El Paso tried to deport him anyway”
by Robert Moore
El Paso Matters, July 2, 2022

Wong Kim Ark cemented birthright citizenship for children of immigrants. His time in El Paso has been largely lost to history until now.

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“New study shows how drought led to deadly temperatures in the southwest in 2021″|
by Hanna Grover
New Mexico Political Report, July 6, 2022

With the changing climate, incidents like droughts and heatwaves can be interlinked.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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