New Mexico offers stunning ski slopes, high desert vistas and cultural sites, all sights you'll see in the state's tourism campaign called "New Mexico True."
But the state also has the highest child poverty rate in the nation — a truth that an advocacy group highlighted with its parody campaign, "New Mexico Truth."
In the original video, you can see footage of children making strands of chili peppers and frolicking at the White Sands National Monument. It's the same image you'll see in the parody campaign — but with a different message.
[For more of this story, written by Megan Kamerick, go to http://www.npr.org/2016/04/04/...as-and-child-poverty]
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