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A man packs groceries separated from the cashier by a plastic sheet

How people around the world are filling their pantries

COVID-19

Leaders around the world have promised their citizens that grocery stores will stay open, even in the places most impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But people are still making sure they have essentials on hand. What does “stocking up” look like for people around the world?

Keystone pipeline spill

Keystone oil spill casts doubt on the safety of proposed Keystone XL pipeline

Environment
Children at school

A North Dakota law gives school districts a chance to experiment

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
a man stands at near Standing Rock North Dakota

What stands in the way of Native American voters?

Conflict & Justice
Jayden Lookinghorse, riding his horse, stands on top of a hill on the Cheyenne River Reservation South Dakota.

Out of spotlight, tribes keep fighting Dakota pipeline

Native American tribes that tried to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline during a months-long standoff with authorities in North Dakota more than a year ago are carrying on their fight in federal court.

Atchafalaya bayou

Federal judge halts Louisiana pipeline

Environment

A federal Judge has temporarily halted the Bayou Bridge Pipeline on environmental grounds. The pipeline would cut across Louisiana’s pristine Atchafalaya Basin in order to connect the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Gulf coast.

Helicopter dropping water on wildfire

2017 was the costliest US natural disaster year on record

Economics

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that America suffered a record amount of damage in 2017 from natural disasters, with a tab of more than $306 billion.

North Dakota leads the nation in the production of several crops including: barley, canola, spring wheat, and honey. A low population state, farmers there rely heavily on exports.

Trump says we’re losing badly with trade. But North Dakota suggests otherwise.

Economics

North Dakota is a big place with a small population: 750,000. So, farmers send a lot of their harvest overseas, and elected officials know full well: Exports are the state’s lifeblood.

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

When the price of oil plummeted a few years back, local businesses in Williston, North Dakota, felt the hurt. But many locals also say that the breakneck pace was unsustainable.