The cancellations and postponements have a rippling economic effect across Indian Country.
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Utah and New Mexico lead the Mountain West in COVID-19 testing
Testing czars and local laboratories allowed the states to be more aggressive with testing.
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Protesting immigrant detention during a pandemic
Will new forms of collective action lead to permanent societal changes?
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Coming home to nature
There’s a stereotype that Black Americans don’t explore the outdoors. Historically, that hasn’t been the case.
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Pandemic as prologue
A failure of imagination has stymied our outbreak response, but that’s just the beginning.
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Teenagers in ICE detention are worried about COVID-19
Alone in Pacific Northwest facilities, undocumented youth are in precarious situations, advocates say.
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Indigenous people face down zombies and win in ‘Blood Quantum’
Jeff Barnaby’s latest film speaks to Indigenous futurism and our new COVID-19 reality.
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Hunting and fishing provide food security in the time of COVID-19
But virus fears and travel restrictions could impact big game season in the fall.
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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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How climate research continues during stay-at-home orders
NOAA networks get creative to gather data.
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How the pandemic will set back environmental science
Across the Western U.S., researchers are worried about unmonitored threatened species.
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Jackson, whole: Community persists with an uncertain future
COVID-19 upends a Wyoming resort town.
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The pandemic is battering oil-state economies
COVID-19 reverberates across the energy world.
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Border wall construction brings crowds, and COVID-19 anxiety, into Arizona towns
Hundreds of workers are passing through the rural border communities, where medical services are already strained.
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Arizona steelworkers continue strike despite COVID-19
After more than a decade without a raise, workers are asking for a better contract.
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In their words: How Westerners are weathering the pandemic
From feeling hopeful to anxious to resilient, people across the West offer a look into their communities.
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Are wildland firefighters at a greater risk from COVID-19?
New research suggests that the smoke firefighters breathe makes the disease more threatening.
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Park closures have unequal costs
As we limit outdoor access, consider the impact on underrepresented communities.
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Hispanic-serving colleges and universities struggle to adapt to the pandemic
‘Government support is going to be vital.’