A new approach to empowering survivors in remote parts of Indian Country.
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Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
Black women rewrite weed’s legacy in Los Angeles
Entrepreneurs find opportunity and community in what was once illegal.
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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All (climate) politics is local
During a dry spring, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet visits rural Colorado to talk economics and agriculture.
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
Frackin’ on heaven’s door
How many people over the centuries have loved the Pawnee Buttes, only to see them ravaged?
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
What we have forgotten about the vilified gray wolf
The saga of O-Six lays bare the intricacies of a familiar, parallel society in wolves.
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
Cashing in on Standing Rock
How Veterans Stand squandered $1.4 million raised around the #NoDAPL protests.
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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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Don’t let a road run through it
Development in Alaska wilderness would undermine bedrock environmental laws.
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The New Mexico towns where less connectivity is more
Communities are embracing faster internet but rejecting better cellphone reception.
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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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Tribes lead the way for faster internet access in New Mexico
Across sovereign governments, a group of Southwest tribes prepares to launch their own network.
Posted inApril 30, 2018: Celebrity Scofflaw
How a rural electric co-op connected a community
By expanding into broadband, Kit Carson Co-op provides high-speed internet to thousands.
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In small towns, a way to make remote work, work
A ‘micro’ economic development program bolsters a community of telecommuters.
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Why marriage equality is a matter of tribal sovereignty
More tribal nations are returning to traditional views that accept and honor LGBTQ members.
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Did Fort Collins grow too big too fast?
The Colorado city’s unwieldy expansion offers a cautionary tale for similar Western locales.
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Land trusts move from the country to the city
To battle inequality and sprawl, conservation groups are looking beyond rural areas.
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What the 2018 midterms could mean for Native voting
Candidates and organizers think now is the time for Indigenous lawmakers.
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.
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Undocumented: A life, a home and a family in the rural West
What it’s like for one undocumented woman and her family in Trump’s America.