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1 week agoServing low-income immigrants was supposed to be our weakness. It proved to be the key to our sustainability - Poynter
El Tímpano serves Latino and Indigenous communities by providing vital information and building civic partnerships, addressing the unique needs of low-income audiences.
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2 months agoThe last frontier': how red globules of nickel ore are suffocating an island's precious wilderness
Laterite deposits are created by intense humidity and tropical weathering of rock and so they form in the tropics, often in hotspots for biodiversity and rich, intact rainforests. These deposits account for about 70% of the world's reserves of nickel, a mineral now in high demand for manufacturing batteries, especially for electric cars and clean energy infrastructure.
Environment
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2 months agoDances With Wolves actor to be sentenced in Nevada after sexual abuse conviction
The central accuser said she was 14 in 2012 when Chasing Horse allegedly claimed that spirits required her to give up her virginity in order to save her mother, who had cancer. According to deputy district attorney Bianca Pucci, he then assaulted her and warned that if she told anyone, her mother would die. Pucci said the abuse continued for years afterward.
NYC LGBT
Travel
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2 months agoIn Greenland's Remote Fjords and Tiny Settlements, a New Sense of Connection
Greenland's new airport and developing tourism infrastructure make Arctic exploration increasingly accessible, offering unique cultural experiences with Indigenous and settler communities unavailable in Antarctica.
fromThe Walrus
2 months agoA Coastal Village Embraced Natural Gas. Now It's Trying to Outrace the Consequences | The Walrus
About fifteen kilometres northwest from Kitamaat is Kitimat, the industrial town that the global mining group Alcan (acquired by Rio Tinto in 2007) carved from the rainforest in the 1950s to house workers and support the needs of its aluminum smelter.
Canada news
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2 months agoTomas Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats
We don't eat batteries. They take away the water; they take away life. This pronouncement, in Spanish, appears in a photograph that the artist Tomás Saraceno sent via WhatsApp last month from Salinas Grandes, a high-altitude salt flat in northern Argentina. There, in one of the world's largest lithium reserves, the artist is working alongside 11 Indigenous communities to build El Santuario del Agua (The Water Sanctuary), a monumental work about the global energy transition.
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World news
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3 months agoColombian ex-paramilitary leader jailed for crimes against Indigenous groups
Salvatore Mancuso received a 40-year prison sentence for 117 crimes against Indigenous communities in La Guajira, potentially reducible to eight years with victim-centered collaboration.
Canada news
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4 months agoCarney, Ford to sign a deal to reduce regulatory burden on Ring of Fire, speed up Ontario projects | CBC News
Federal and Ontario governments will streamline impact assessments to accelerate major projects, aligning federal and provincial timelines for Ring of Fire access roads.
Environment
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6 months agoSwept away homes, unearthed graves, submerged hunting trails: how Typhoon Halong destroyed an Alaskan village
A powerful typhoon struck Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, causing catastrophic flooding, erosion, permafrost thaw, destroyed homes, fatalities, and severe damage to Indigenous villages and infrastructure.
SF music
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8 months agoSan Francisco's de Young Museum opens revamped Native American art galleries
San Francisco's de Young Museum will unveil newly reinstalled galleries of Native American art featuring works from both contemporary and historical Indigenous artists.
fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
5 years agoHidden in Plain View: Philanthropy, Mission Statements, and White Supremacy - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
White supremacy is a pandemic. In this moment in time, the shared global narrative centers around COVID-19. But white supremacy is a more pernicious virus, permeating every strata of human life for at least the last 500 years.
Social justice
Canada news
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10 months agoAs North America's oldest company faces bankruptcy, the sale of its collection raises fears among Indigenous communities
The sale of HBC's art and artifacts is contested by Indigenous communities and academics seeking federal intervention.
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fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
1 year agoStanding Strong: Native CDFIs Mobilize to Protect Economic Sovereignty - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The Trump administration's executive order threatened vital funding for Native CDFIs, prompting unified action from Indigenous communities to protect economic self-determination.
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