Author: Donovan Quintero

When Peabody’s coal mining operations shut down in 2019, Kayenta lost more than just jobs—it lost its economic heartbeat. Longtime residents Phillip and Ruth Bradley paint a stark picture of a community transformed by industrial silence.

A federal court has granted the Pueblo of Acoma and the Pueblo of Laguna permission to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Navajo Nation challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 2023 decision to withdraw over 336,000 acres of federal land around Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new oil and gas leasing.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, concluded a three-day tour through Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico on Wednesday, highlighting a series of state and tribal health initiatives that align with the Trump Administration’s Make America Healthy Again campaign

Protesters who expressed dismay at the Trump Administration’s recent policy shifts gathered Saturday to voice concerns.

In El Centro, California’s vast, sunburned desert, U.S. Border Patrol agents walk the invisible line between two countries. Immigration policy meets human struggle, law enforcement meets local culture, and federal authority meets centuries of Indigenous sovereignty.