10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation. Para leer esta historia en Español, ir a 10 maneras de prepararnos y centrarnos ahora que Trump ganó. It’s important we squarely face Trump’s victory and what there is to do about […]
A Single Flower on the Morning After... in the Divided States of America
Today in the Aztec calendar is Ce Xochitl, One Flower. A single flower for the bereft. A flower on the grave of the hope that we could rise above, that we could at last be a peacefully coexisting multicultural nation coming home to the fact of the diversity that is our strength. For the hope […]
Small-town citizens get creative in Black Hills uranium mine fight
This summer, Hot Springs citizens scored a breakthrough: They collected enough signatures to obtain a ballot measure that would declare mining a “nuisance” in Fall River County.
Native observers question 'nefarious' attitude toward Deb Haaland
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Deb Haaland, the first Native American nominated to be a Cabinet secretary, remained characteristically cool under grilling from Republican petroleum industry defenders during Senate committee hearings, ultimately gaining a recommendation March 4 for confirmation to the post at the Interior Department. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden nominated Haaland as Interior secretary to put […]
Keystone XL Cancellation: Honoring the Treaties?
Utterances of relief and gratitude rippled through Indian Country on Inaugural Day Jan. 20, as U.S. President Joe Biden announced an executive order revoking the Keystone XL Pipeline’s permit for construction opposed by tribes along its proposed route through unceded 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty
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A shorter version of this piece ran in the Houston Chronicle. Here is the full story. Never has there been more at stake in an election than the coming midterms. And whether we see a mandate to step up the Trump agenda or a resistance-led Blue Wave depends on voter turnout – which, in the […]
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