Madhvi became interested in environmental issues at an early age. When she was 5, she watched a documentary about a Pacific island overrun with trash. Birds and nearby aquatic life fed on the plastic ...

Across the country, Latinos occupy an increasingly sought-after position of influence in the election: swing voters in swing states. In total, an estimated 17.5 million Latinos are expected to vote ...

Located on a former ranch in western Arizona, the hot spring is framed by rolling desert hills. Though trucks may sometimes drive down a nearby dirt road, it’s mostly quiet. That serenity is an ...

The reservoirs were under threat, and had been for decades.

This year marks the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act, which theoretically gave Native people the right to vote in U.S ...

Este artículo también está disponible en español. On a warm evening in late July, Maria Beltran walked down a quiet, tree-lined street in Yakima, Washington. Beltran, who is running for state ...

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Ten years ago, hundreds of people gathered in a dusty wash underneath a freeway overpass 80 miles east of Las Vegas, near the town of Bunkerville, Nevada. They arrived at the behest of a reedy ...

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