Tag: Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation members swept up in immigration raids amid concerns over...
Indigenous citizens wrongfully detained in immigration sweeps, raising legal and civil rights concerns.
Students and scientists collaborate to maintain Navajo Nation forests
150 years of grazing, fire suppression, and other land-use changes have transformed these forests.
Industry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of...
Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.
Supreme Court keeps Navajo Nation waiting for water
The court case was the Navajo Nation’s bid to accelerate the process and secure water for its reservation.
The Feds gave a former White House official $3 million to...
Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.
Navajo Nation has highest COVID-19 infection rate in the US
The Navajo Nation's alarming surge in cases is another example of an underserved and historically marginalized minority population being particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.
Body bags instead of requested COVID-19 testing kits for Native American...
“Are we going to keep getting body bags or are we going to get what we actually need?”
Navajo Nation suffers third-highest COVID-19 infection rate in US with limited...
“The level of inequity that you’re seeing … it’s part of this pattern.”
Navajo Nation Council ceases efforts to acquire coal-fired power plant in...
“Navajo Nation Council signaled that it is time for change. In order to develop a healthy and diverse economy that does not overly rely on any particular industry."
As cleanup dispute looms, Peabody-linked group pushes Navajo Nation to buy...
If the Navajo Nation were to buy the plant and mine, Peabody could shift liability for the shutdown onto the shoulders of the Nation.
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One in ten Americans lives in a sinking city, new study finds
Groundbreaking research from Columbia University reveals that land beneath America’s largest cities is sinking—mostly due to groundwater extraction—posing a hidden but growing threat to infrastructure, flood safety, and climate resilience.
Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans
Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
GOP advances sweeping plan to fast-track drilling, mining, and logging on public lands
A new Republican bill would open millions of acres of protected land to fossil fuel and timber companies while gutting environmental review processes, in a bid to help fund massive tax cuts.
Millions would lose Medicaid under GOP cuts, says new CBO report
A nonpartisan analysis shows Republican efforts to slash Medicaid by $880 billion would strip healthcare from millions of low-income Americans in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.