Covid’s death toll in Indigenous communities has no modern precedent.
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Your Thursday Briefing: How Authoritarians See Mikhail Gorbachev
Plus the decline in American life expectancy and the latest on Typhoon Hinnamnor.
US Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Setback
The decline during the pandemic is the sharpest in nearly 100 years, hitting Native American and Alaska Native communities particularly hard.
U.N. Race Panel Sounds the Alarm on Abortion Access in the U.S.
The influential committee called on the Biden administration to safeguard access for minorities and to address a host of issues on race relations.
Pope Apologizes in Canada for Schools That Abused Indigenous Children
Francis, responding to longtime pleas from Indigenous people, begged forgiveness for schools where children were forced to assimilate, many were sexually or physically abused and some died.
E.P.A., Reversing Trump, Will Restore States’ Power to Block Pipelines
A proposed rule would make it easier for state officials and tribal authorities to stop pipelines and other energy projects that could pollute local waters.
Report Catalogs Abuse of Native American Children at Former Government Schools
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland called for a review last year, after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of children who attended similar schools in Canada.
The Wreck of an 1830s Whaler Offers a Glimpse of America’s Racial History
A shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico has been identified and the mystery of its multiracial crew’s fate unraveled.
Wrecked Whaling Ship Offers Glimpse of U.S. Racial History
A shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico has been identified and the mystery of its multiracial crew’s fate unraveled.
Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors
As scientists find more tattoos on preserved remains from Indigenous cultures, artists living today are drawing from them to revive cultural traditions.