State of New Mexico Invokes Riot Control Act to Restrict Access to Border Towns Next to Navajo Reservation by Mark Charles

All roadways providing access to the City of Gallup shall be closed and only Gallup residents, those who work in Gallup, and members of the media shall be permitted entry into the municipality;”. Gallup is a border town to both the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Pueblo. Every weekend tens of thousands of people from both Navajo and Zuni travel to Gallup to purchase groceries, do laundry and haul water, among other essentials.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansMay 3, 2020Mark Charles, Navajo, Last Real Indians

Trump and Biden are Peddling Nostalgia, and that's a Problem by Mark Charles

In important elections like this, both parties cue their most mediocre white men from the one percent whose electability is based almost entirely on their race, gender and financial class, coupled with their uncanny ability to peddle nostalgia.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansApril 16, 2020Mark Charles, Last Real Indians, Trump, Biden, Elections 2020, Independents