Community health programs are thriving in Haiti, Montana and the Navajo Nation.
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A curriculum to help students build healthy relationships
In Montana, middle-schoolers are learning the importance of resiliency and support.
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Montana lacks money to treat its most vulnerable residents
Patients with developmental disabilities and mental illness fall through the state’s health care gaps.
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Montana teens organize to prevent suicides
‘Students have decided that to make change, we need to be the change.’
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You know CPR — what about mental health first aid?
Training peers to recognize risks and warning signs can help prevent suicide.
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In a time of division and hate, wildfire unites a community
Disaster response offers an antidote to the era of “me.”
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How to disrupt negative narratives in Indian Country
A study finds that Indigenous people face continued discrimination and invisibility.
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Trump’s ‘border crisis’ debunked, in 6 charts
The number of apprehended migrants is at its lowest since 1970.
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Saving baby Jo from the smoke
A mother grapples with her decision to flee the 416 Fire with her infant daughter.
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Monument Valley
The spectral lines between life and the inert.
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An inventory of loss on the Los Angeles River
The city weighs revitalization of an unruly river, since transformed into a concrete ditch.
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‘Little House’ and the identity of the prairie struggle
The gritty reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder’s writings.
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A hops harvest that grows bigger each year
Washington’s Yakima Valley supports many of the craft breweries in the U.S.
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Indigenous immigrants face unique challenges at the border
Language barriers mean Indigenous families may be more likely to be split up.
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Should a hike be a social event or an encounter with the wild?
A crowded South Korean national park offers a glimpse of the West’s possible future.
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The immigrants contributing to rural towns and economies
Decades after their arrival, a family is woven into the fabric of Colorado’s San Luis Valley.
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Extreme heat is killing people who lack shelter
Climate change is worsening the threats that homeless populations face.
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Aspen may stockpile water under its golf course
As climate change looms, towns look to store water without dams.
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The problems and potential in HBO’s ‘Westworld’
The hit series both relies on and pushes against stereotypes of the mythological West.
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The 416 Fire reminds us there’s no escape from climate change
Rumors that a popular tourist train sparked the fire have forced a reckoning.