After a public reckoning and the departure of its executive director, the nation’s largest environmental organization has tapped Ben Jealous as its new leader.
Tag: Native Americans
Biden Promises Protections for Nevada’s Spirit Mountain
But the president stopped short of designating the ecologically and cultural important region, also known as Avi Kwa Ame, as a national monument.
U. S. to Pay Millions to Move Tribes Threatened by Climate Change
Two tribes in Alaska and a third in Washington State will get $25 million each to retreat to higher ground.
In a First, US Pays Tribes to Move Away From Climate Threats
The Interior Department has selected the winners of a new competition to relocate communities vulnerable to climate change. It could become a model for the rest of the country.
As Climate Change Worsens, US Weighs Which Communities to Save
Native American tribes are competing for the first federal grants designed to help move communities away from high water and other dangers posed by climate change.
Covid’s Toll on Native Americans
Covid’s death toll in Indigenous communities has no modern precedent.
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.