The Trump administration is ignoring a big question: How do you secure a border below ground?
Communities
Some basic steps to stay safe if you live near Western wildlands.
The new Haida film Sgaawaay K’uuna is as far from Hollywood as can be – and that’s its greatest strength.
As of Nov. 13, the disaster has claimed 42 lives as the search for missing people continues.
The relocation of polling sites near the Navajo Nation months before midterm elections raises concerns of future voter suppression.
Across the Beaufort Sea, Bruce Inglangasak’s 350-mile journey home.
Despite punitive policies, the myth of the American dream leads people to caravan to the U.S.
Be it a wet or a dry year, the water rich in Colorado’s North Fork Valley take their share.
Officials in Utah’s fastest-growing county are obscuring details of what a high-stakes project will cost taxpayers.
San Juan County’s Navajo population has lived for decades with a minority white government. This election could change that.
With few housing options in Storey County, Nevada, new employees are finding alternative living situations.
An explosion in suburban Colorado raises questions on safety and accountability.
A musician finds a home among a small town’s orchards and fields.
Native Americans have low participation rates in federal and state elections, but the problem doesn’t lay with political passivism.
In rural areas without access to banking, tribal enterprises are helping fill gaps.
Imperial Beach considers the unthinkable: a retreat from nature.
Thoughts on HCN’s former publisher from people whose lives he impacted.
How the man who ‘just wanted to write’ created an institution.
Imperial Beach considera lo impensable: emprender retirada a causa de la naturaleza.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ move to abruptly end its longstanding ‘policy’ is disingenuous.
The current understanding of ‘hate groups’ excludes those who undermine tribal rights and sovereignty.
A new report reveals that chronic understaffing at the Indian Health Service denies patients quality care.
Pueblo historic sites face oil and gas development on unprotected public lands.
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