Washington state is on track to host the first pumped hydro storage project the U.S. has built in decades.

Accidental 'crying horse' toy wins hearts in China reut.rs/4sXQbEj

[1/3] The JHR team is saddened by the passing of Kanienke:haka (Mohawk) journalist Thaioronióhte Dan David. Over a 45-year career, Dan reshaped Indigenous journalism in Canada, most notably as the founding force behind APTN News.

It's just wild to see in the federal government's own models how close the nation's second largest reservoir is to losing hydropower production, potentially for months on end in early 2027. Is the plan to just drain Flaming Gorge, Blue Mesa and Navajo to keep it propped up another year?

Things are pretty fucked up when Native Tribes are telling their citizens to carry multiple forms of identification 🪪 make sure they are not detained by ICE.

NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises. An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.” These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:

Writing this story was challenging because it relies on historical documents & spotlighting MMIP in the early 20th century. It’s my first time reporting about a Muscogee Creek Nation citizen. The story introduces this person & serves as part one of two stories. www.crosswindsnews.net/reflecting-o...

Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx

The White House launched a page on its website, titled the “Hall of Shame,” devoted to naming and shaming media outlets and reporters that publish stories President Trump disagrees with. “Misleading. Biased. Exposed,” the site reads.

As the news media struggles for relevance in a diversifying country, why does it seem as if the journalism industry has turned its back on (some) women and people of color? My Substack essay: https://loom.ly/lz9wJqg

Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were recruited may not outlive them.

The opening of an all-Native group art exhibition inside L.A. City Hall was filled with heartfelt thanks and celebrations from First Nations members and city council members alike. The full story: lataco.com/indigenous-l... By Héctor Zaldívar

The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

“One individual should not be able to unilaterally obstruct the swearing-in of a duly elected member of Congress for political reasons.”

BREAKING: Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva is sworn into office, ending weeks of delay as the House reconvenes for a vote on funding deal.

BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says.

Efforts to revive U.S. production of fuel for atomic energy could impact communities and landscapes across the country.

NEW: President Donald Trump has nominated former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, a conservative Republican who represented New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District for multiple terms, to serve as director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. sfnm.co/47t1oUZ

Greetings, this reminder is on a sidewalk in Washington, D.C.

Phoenix, Arizona on this day 25 years ago... Relive the whole performance: pj.lnk.to/20001021TP 🎥: "Long Road", Touring Band 2000

In a little over a week, more than 450,000 New Mexicans will likely lose their food benefits amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. buff.ly/iBjgAdP

Navajo Technical University, a school based in Crownpoint, New Mexico, is building a new database designed to be a hub for documenting and tracking cases of missing and murdered Diné relatives. It will also support families affected by the crisis.

Native drag artists demand more than token support. As mainstream drag has become sanitized for mass audiences, Native performers are holding onto their authenticity. www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/...

The New Mexico Supreme Court is moving forward with hearings on the state's request to remove Eleventh Judicial District Attorney Bernadette Martin from office. buff.ly/MAc1yyz

The music world mourns the death of Ace Frehley, a founding member of KISS, who died Thursday at 74.

OK, here we go... I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game. Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

BREAKING: Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, has died at 74.

A little look at the New Mexico celebrations for Indigenous Peoples Day.

Thanks everyone for reading my Boiling Point newsletter the last 5 years. Today's edition is a goodbye note — and an update on what comes next. Happy to say my @latimes.com colleagues will keep bringing Boiling Point to your inbox every Thursday! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Rib cage. Cacti high-rise condos. Potato rock. Clouds have competition.

The US Supreme Court today has refused to reconsider Apache legal efforts to stop the copper mine project at sacred #OakFlat. Once again, corporate greed tramples the Earth and Native spiritual rights.

The Supreme Court also rejected another effort to block a copper mine on an Apache sacred site. Once again, Justice Gorsuch dissented. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

NABS honors the lives of Native children taken from their families, remembers those who never returned home, and stands with survivors, their descendants, and Tribal Nations who continue to carry the weight of this history. Learn more here: https://loom.ly/UQfjjaU

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who first teamed up as Bill and Ted, are back together on Broadway in Waiting for Godot. The longtime friends told Tracy Smith their bond has lasted through decades of fame, joking it takes “work, commitment … and a certain degree of resignation.”

CO2 PIPELINE: A new $1.5 billion carbon dioxide pipeline from ethanol plants in Nebraska and Iowa to Wyoming is about to start operating and sharing proceeds with communities along the route. First in the Examiner from Paul Hammel: buff.ly/HqQcpmA

Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me. But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)

Native American Rights activists have repeatedly called for the medals to be revoked. https://bit.ly/46pa8uF

The secrets of the Kahlo family are being revealed with the opening of the Casa Kahlo Museum this weekend in Mexico City.

✨Some personal news, as they say✨ While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.

Sept 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social asked Elder Kathy Sanchez what this means to her: "In my heart, truly it means all life on our Earth Mother will be happy, healthy, and loving." #nuclearabolition #Pueblo #solidarity

Denmark and Greenland are offering apologies for their governments' roles in the historic mistreatment of Greenlandic girls and women. An independent investigation found that Inuit victims were either fitted with IUDs or given hormonal birth control injections in cases that date to the 1960s.

Sharing this story from Yale Daily News about Chuck Sams joining the Yale Center for Environmental Justice as its inaugural director of Indigenous programs. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/09...

I’m in Delta, Utah, this week, doing a story on California’s last coal plant. It’s been one of L.A.’s largest electricity sources for 40 years, and under CA law it needs to shut down by the end of 2025. Gas and green hydrogen to come.

Robert Redford, a generational icon who commanded the big screen as the star of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The Way We Were” and won awards and lasting praise for directing films such as “Ordinary People,” has died. He was 89. www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

BREAKING: Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and godfather for independent cinema as Sundance founder, dies at 89.

New Mexico tribal leaders will head to Washington DC later this week to push members of Congress to extend protections from oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon.

We all know ‘tragedy’ comes from Greek. ‘tragos’ = goat ‘aeidein’ = to sing So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.” Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

Pueblo governors will be in D.C. this week to advocate for Chaco Canyon buffer zone.

Here is the sky at 6:28 a.m. The glowing center caught my attention. I knew sunrise was still 30 minutes away, so that was not causing the brightness. The waning gibbous moon appeared from the clouds minutes later - mystery solved. Love the connection between moon and clouds.

At 80, John Fogerty says playing music with his family brings a “warm, secure feeling” and daily practice remains his therapy. The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman finds joy in the guitar, describing the moments when “everything’s effortless” as the zone that keeps him going. cbsn.ws/3UUAQF3