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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Live by phony conspiracies, die by real conspiracies: Truth crawls from a swamp of...
On top of six months of popularity-killing blundering, reality is outing Trump—blowing apart obsolete fix-it moves.
Colbert’s termination is a corporate assault on dissent and a victory for Trump
Was he blindsided by media conglomerates eager to capitulate to him?
Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare...
Although it had been only seven years since Hurricane Harvey, legislators now prioritized the state’s water and drought crisis over flooding needs.
CBO: Trump law will add $3.4 rrillion to deficit, boot 10 million off health...
Warnings about the law's impact on the national debt and the healthcare of millions—particularly Americans on Medicaid—were prominent during the GOP effort to pass the budget reconciliation package by Trump's Independence Day deadline.
Sanders pushes ‘Pensions for All’ to confront corporate greed and America’s retirement crisis
With nearly half of older workers having no retirement savings, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces sweeping legislation to guarantee all Americans the same pension security enjoyed by members of Congress.