Black Americans aren’t defined by poor schools, menial jobs, high crime and incarceration. They endure them.
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Why are some drivers so reluctant to share the road?
Dangerous hostility toward bicyclists is rooted in distrust of those who are different.
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When colleges let down Indigenous students
Discrimination against two young Mohawk men at Colorado State University highlights an all-too-common misunderstanding.
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How do we honor New Mexico’s colorful past
… without celebrating colonialism’s violence?
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Rent hikes, homelessness and hunger in a small Western city
A writer in Ashland, Oregon, sees the problems that follow an influx of wealth.
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In paintings, a gentle portrait of Canada’s scars
A review of Sonny Assu: A Selective History.
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What happens in a small town when the gas goes out?
A writer ponders his community’s dependence on natural gas in its absence.
Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
Why Compton said no to legal marijuana sales
The California city tries to move on from a painful history scarred by illegal drugs.
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America is overlooking its biggest gun problem
Mass shootings capture our attention, but suicide is responsible for more deaths.
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Organic reach: Food sovereignty moves to the web
Colonial contact brought foreign food and disease to tribal nations. Now, a digital generation is reconnecting with tradition.
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African cats find a home in the Nevada desert
At the Lion Habitat Ranch, Las Vegas’ famous show felines live out their twilight years.
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Why I’m teaching my daughters how to hunt
A father passes a three-generation family tradition down to his children.
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Competition fosters computer skills in New Mexico schools
Rural students learn how to code by participating in a supercomputing challenge.
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How whales converse with the world
Arctic people have been speaking with cetaceans for centuries — and scientists are finally taking note.
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Want better coverage? Hire diverse journalists.
National Geographic addresses inclusion but has further to go on Native representation.
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West Obsessed: A desert divided on the Borderlands
What would it mean to sever life-sustaining links along the U.S.-Mexico border?
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
What’s quelling the anxiety of electric-car drivers?
Charging corridors will make an interior West electric-car roadtrip increasingly possible.
Posted inMarch 19, 2018: Desert, Divided
Video: The end of snow
A film explores how people will adapt to a future with less snow.
Posted inMarch 19, 2018: Desert, Divided
The desert, divided
The Borderlands thrive on connections. What would it mean to sever them?
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It’s too soon for #MeToo apathy
The hard work on reforming federal agencies rife with harassment is just beginning.