How human trafficking, child labor and black-market marijuana took root on the Navajo Nation
Fields of green
COVID is pushing thousands of Chinese immigrant workers into the marijuana business—sometimes leading to exploitation and labor trafficking
Uprooted
A police raid near Shiprock has all but ended an illicit cannabis-growing operation
Strangers in a foreign land
A massive marijuana bust in Farmington represents just a sliver of an ongoing operation on Navajo lands that has now drawn federal investigators
Chaos and cannabis
A massive hemp empire is accused of growing illegal marijuana and sowing violence on the Navajo Nation