Sandhya Ganapathy And Eirian Humphreys

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Alice Martinez, shown above left at the Questa Senior Center, says she lived a good life because of the mine, where her husband worked for many years. Alice Martinez: “We had a group of Concerned Citizens here in Questa. And they were forever – […]

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Life-long resident Berlinda Trujillo has been involved in labor and environmental struggles stemming from the Molycorp mine for over 30 years. Berlinda Trujillo: “Of course, a mine divides a community. You can’t even talk environmental issues, because if somebody else is not for it, […]

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. “Laura Griego” is fervently loyal to thecompany that has employed her husband for 30 years. At her request, we are not using her real name. Laura Griego: “The mine is everything, really, because it’s given us everything. If Molycorp wasn’t here, we wouldn’t have […]

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Joe Cisneros will tell you proudly that he was the model for the feisty protagonist in John Nichols’ novel The Milagro Beanfield War – and Nichols concurs. Cisneros has been Molycorp’s most belligerent and outspoken critic since a botched 1968 attempt by the company […]