As protests continue, mutual aid networks have sprouted up to provide food, medical assistance and rides home.
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During quarantine, architecture forged social connections in Oakland
One apartment complex shows how building design can forge community.
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How a Washington ski patrol learned to unionize
When Vail Resorts added Stevens Pass to its empire, ski patrollers feared becoming fungible parts in a corporate machine. So they organized.
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‘This is not what a food bank was designed to do’
California food banks are struggling with an overwhelming need and ongoing recession.
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Why George Floyd protests resonated so early in Denver
After years of community pressure for police reform, the city was primed for protest.
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An opportunity to close Indian Country’s digital divide is expiring
A government program aimed at reversing the longstanding connectivity issues on tribal lands is complicated by the pandemic.
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Bay Area towns need to address sea-level rise. Will they?
‘It’s not natural for them to cooperate.’
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A family starts anew amid COVID-19
Mountain View, California, offers a ‘safe lot’ for RV dwellers.
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Jordan Cove pipeline moves forward, despite Oregon’s opposition
The company insists the pipeline will help Gov. Kate Brown recover economically from COVID-19.
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Local food movement gains momentum under COVID-19
Some consumers have turned to community agriculture, as the pandemic strains the nation’s food system.
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Wildlife is thriving in national parks — for now
‘This is something we haven’t seen in our lifetimes.’
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COVID-19 impacts every corner of the Navajo Nation
Front-line workers confront the world’s newest deadly malady.
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COVID-19 pushed Seattle to provide housing for homeless people
Advocates hope to lock in this assistance beyond the pandemic.
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How do you fight wildfire during a pandemic?
Keeping first responders socially distant, and evacuating communities safely, would be a challenge.
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Indigenous artists hit hard as gig after gig is canceled
The cancellations and postponements have a rippling economic effect across Indian Country.
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Coronavirus takes a heavy economic toll on rural hospitals
A sudden drop in revenue shows how thin margins threaten small town hospitals.
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‘They cut all of our hours’
Despite their designation as essential, California farmworkers are being furloughed.
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Jackson, whole: Community persists with an uncertain future
COVID-19 upends a Wyoming resort town.
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Body brokers arrested for illegally selling body parts
The FBI has been investigating the owner of a now-closed Colorado funeral home since 2017.
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Amidst North Dakota’s fracking boom, people keep disappearing
Journalist Sierra Crane Murdoch documents Lissa Yellow Bird’s search for the missing.