Oil workers in New Mexico are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.

But Midland is home to the Permian ... t get to Carlsbad, New Mexico—the largest town near the park—until dusk. The moon was setting over Walmart, and I tried to find a hotel room.

Manuel Garfio of Lovington worked in the Permian ... during Carlsbad stop But amid the recent boom that boosted the economy of communities like Lovington, Hobbs and Carlsbad in New Mexico ...