A New York City art show featured works by the American Indian Movement activist, who was incarcerated for nearly half a century until a partial commutation by President Biden.
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The Wild Wild Western Water Wars
As a changing climate bakes and dries up the Colorado River, the seven basin states can’t agree on how to share the declining water resources.
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Shooting the Wounded
Is the order to kill survivors the exception to U.S. conduct, or the norm?
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The L.A. Apocalypse Was Entirely Predictable
Today on TAP: The hills above my hometown regularly catch fire, and developers regularly build there nonetheless.
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The Chasm Between Oklahoma and Connecticut
Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being.
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Preserving Public Lands
Deb Haaland has been a remarkable secretary of the interior. But the future is about funding in Congress.
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California Fights Fire With Fire
The state has finally embraced indigenous land management techniques to help alleviate its wildfire crisis.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Fleecing in Indian Country
An undercovered SCOTUS decision brushes against Native sovereign immunity, but also potentially snuffs out loopholes exploited by payday lenders.
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A Look Inside Interior
Biden appointed Native Americans to top jobs at the Cabinet agency, but so far the Interior Department’s policies have been business as usual.
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Montana Refuses to Gerrymander
An American Indian woman heads the country’s oldest bipartisan redistricting commission, and she’s determined to set an example for a polarized country.