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Nate Perez
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Current: idk // previous: NPR, LAist, Casper Star-Tribune
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The Dodgers got a lot more attention for failing to stand up for Latino communities than for refusing to cut ties with Big Oil. But the two stories are related.

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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Nate Perez
First, a bit of backstory. This spring, I started tracking how many times immigration agents detained American citizens.

I spoke to experts who warned that the scattered cases I initially found would only grow as Trump's aggressive deportation plans took shape.

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Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This isn’t the first time a typhoon has caused major damage to the Native Village of Kipnuk. Typhoon Merbok worsened the riverbank erosion in 2022. And a summer storm last year exacerbated the problem further. Read this story and keep supporting public radio! www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In a June court declaration, Paul wrote any further delay in starting the project “will create a risk that our village will suffer environmental, physical, and cultural harms that cannot be reversed.”
October 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The village’s environmental director Rayna Paul told me earlier this year, if or when the grant is reinstated, the hold up has delayed the project for at least a year. That’s because the river – from which materials come in by barge – is frozen for nearly half the year.
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM