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Activists hold signs as they protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Washington, DC, USA, on January 26, 2026. The protest comes in the wake of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Activists are calling for a Nationwide Shutdown strike on January 30 after the executions by ICE of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The Questions Facing Kristi Noem and ICE

Mar. 16, 2026
Rasha Elass and Peter Aldhous
United States

‘Like a demon that’s always behind us’, the Jackpile Mine toxic legacy continues

Dec. 15, 2021
Elizabeth Miller
United States
Tapped Out

This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. Why Are Solutions So Slow?

Dec. 14, 2021
Claudia Boyd-Barrett
United States
Tapped Out

Who should pay to fix California’s sunken canals?

Dec. 8, 2021
Theo Whitcomb
United States
Tapped Out

Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used. Access to clean water is a start.

Dec. 7, 2021
Michael Elizabeth Sakas
United States
Tapped Out

As West withers corporations consolidate land and water rights

Dec. 6, 2021
Eli Francovich
United States
Tapped Out

Utah’s water dilemma

Nov. 29, 2021
Brett Walton
United States
Tapped Out

How a federal drought relief program left southern Oregon parched—and contributed to the ongoing groundwater crisis in the West

Nov. 23, 2021
Jessica Fu
United States
Tapped Out

Where is the water going?

Nov. 21, 2021
Lois Henry and Ryan Christopher Jones
United States
H2OFail, Tapped Out

The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking

May. 25, 2021
Lois Henry and Ryan Christopher Jones
United States
H2OFail, Tapped Out

La ciudad de California que está hundiéndose​

May. 25, 2021
Lois Henry and Ryan Christopher Jones
United States
H2OFail, Tapped Out

Innovative partnerships and exchanges are securing the Gila River Indian Community’s water future​

May. 13, 2021
Sharon Udasin
United States
Tapped Out

Navajo-Gallup water delay spurs problem solving in arid Southwest ​

May. 7, 2021
Elizabeth Miller
United States
Tapped Out

Cheese in the desert: Why mega-dairies are piping water onto Oregon’s shrub-steppe​

May. 6, 2021
Dawn Stover
United States
Tapped Out

Some rural California residents doubt they’ll ever get clean water

May. 5, 2021
Claudia Boyd-Barrett
United States
Tapped Out

Toxic Cyanobacteria Choke Water Systems Around California’s Clear Lake​

May. 4, 2021
Brett Walton
United States
Tapped Out

California Tribes Call Out Degradation of Clear Lake​

May. 3, 2021
Brett Walton
United States
Tapped Out

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