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Children at school

A North Dakota law gives school districts a chance to experiment

Could an experiment at a small school in the middle of a field in rural North Dakota inspire a revolution in America’s public education system?

A young woman wearing a purple headdress marches in a rally with Standing Rock Sioux Nation

Backlash over North Dakota voter ID law could rally Native Americans

Justice
Oil wells dot the rural, agricultural landscape surrounding Williston, North Dakota. The Bakken formation has become one of the largest sources of new oil production in the US.

The ‘Wild West on steroids’ cools off

Economics
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.

It’s not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.

Environment
Police use pepper spray against protesters trying to cross a stream near an oil pipeline construction site near Standing Rock Indian Reservation, north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 2, 2016.

The United Nations heads to North Dakota to investigate possible human rights abuses

Conflict
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation, leads his people to peacefully pray near a law enforcement barricade just outside of a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Oct. 29, 2016.

#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?

Conflict

Sacred-site preservation and civic engagement are not the same.

Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation

Education and funding are critical issues facing native communities in the US

Education

On an Indian reservation in Nebraska, state and federal politics interfere with the effort to simply educate the kids.

Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Protesters say mass arrests won’t stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline

Justice

“One thing that I repeatedly heard,” says Jenni Monet, a journalist on the scene, “is that this fight is not over.”

Standing Rock

The Standing Rock Sioux ‘know what they’re doing’ in North Dakota

Culture

For weeks, members of the Standing Rock Sioux have gathered in Cannonball, North Dakota, standing against the Dakota Access pipeline. The government has now halted construction pending reassessment of the project.

Picture taken from a Sûreté du Québec helicopter of Lac-Mégantic, the day of the derailment

Oil production in North America is booming. And the spills are multiplying

Environment

The oil and gas boom going on in the United States and Canada comes with a heavy price — an increasing number of large and dangerous oil spills.The oil and gas boom going on in the United States and Canada comes with a heavy price — an increasing number of large and dangerous oil spills.