Abortion Was Already Inaccessible on Reservation Land. Dobbs Made Things Worse.
An activist in Tulsa, Oklahoma, protests against the Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.Manuela Soldi/Tulsa World/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June, millions of people have faced new barriers to abortion access: increased…
The Supreme Court Just Expanded States’ Power to Prosecute Crimes on Tribal Land
STRMX/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute non-Native people who commit crimes against a Native person on tribal lands. The justices, in a 5-4 decision, said that both the…
An Oil Train Is Set to Destroy Pristine Utah Mountains. Why Won’t Biden Stop It?
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In the journal from his legendary 1869 expedition down the Colorado River, explorer John Wesley Powell called the remote Tavaputs Plateau in Eastern Utah “one of the stupendous features of this country.” The one-armed Civil War…
The White House Just Launched a Huge Conservation Initiative
Andrew Lichtenstein/Contributor/Getty This story was originally published by the HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Biden administration has launched a $1 billion program to advance its goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. The program, called the America the Beautiful Challenge, will serve as a “one-stop-shop” for states, tribes, territories,…
How Minnesota’s Foster Care System Reminds Native Moms of a Racist Legacy
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was published in partnership with The Fuller Project. Teresa Nord prefers the peacefulness of her new rural home hours outside of Minneapolis, but today she’s seated in a retro diner outfitted with plush booths and…
How Giving Native Americans Their Land Back Helps Protect Nature
The National Bison Range in Montana.Luke Franzen/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 1908 the U.S. government seized some…