“The court has plans for you”
Last Rights
New Mexico’s nuclear rush
Missing Income
Hitting Home: The story of five towns
Photo Essay: Seeing Red
Planting hope amid a plague
Older generations on the Navajo Nation have passed down stories of scourges, resilience — and survival. New generations are bringing the tales to life.
“We’re sitting ducks”
As coronavirus swept through a halfway house, state officials reported nothing
The Rise of the Anti-Lockdown Sheriffs
Opposition to stay-at-home orders is the latest example of a history of powerful sheriffs, a history that stretches back to the end of slavery and the settling of the frontier.
Unsafe, understaffed, overwhelmed
As COVID-19 sweeps through the Navajo Nation, a hospital is accused of endangering lives
Tested
The Navajo Nation has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Indian Country. How will it cope?
Designated hot spot
Nursing home for COVID-19 patients to be run by firm with history of safety violations and lawsuits
Empowering the public
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