When the federal government shutdown halted SNAP benefits, Indigenous leaders amped up efforts to share traditional food and knowledge within communities
North Dakota and Maryland became the fourth and fifth states to completely repeal laws that make it a crime to expose someone to HIV without their knowledge
Joe Biden granted a commutation to the 80-year-old Indigenous activist in one of his last acts before leaving office
A closer look at the FDA’s new rules shows the limitations of abortion pill access, especially for low-income BIPOC
Learning Indigenous history can shift how students think about Native peoples, but funding and standardization affect the success of these initiatives
Selectively borrowing Indigenous practices cannot truly address the climate crisis or injustices to Indigenous peoples perpetrated by white settler colonialism
As soon as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case last year, abortion clinics in conservative states knew moving would be unpreventable. Since then, the nightmares of clinic owners and abortion providers have come true, as abortion bans have been implemented
While the U.S. Supreme Court has hamstrung lower federal courts’ ability to overturn discriminatory maps, state courts may be a refuge
Native American voters in North Dakota scored a major victory Thursday when North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger, the Spirit Lake Nation, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and a collective of individual voters entered into a settlement protecting Native voting rights. The settlement came after enforcement of the state’
In a democracy that values widespread participation in the political system, the voting process should be easy and accessible to every eligible citizen. But in the United States, not every state lives up to that ideal. With this year’s Election Day just around the corner, some states have taken
The historic elections of Rep. Deb Haaland and Rep. Sharice Davids as the first Native women elected to Congress has greatly improved the political landscape at the federal level. Many of our tribal leaders and members now have a place to go in DC where elected officials will be responsive
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