by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Health, Urban Indian Healthcare
CHICAGO – Sarina DiMaso, a citizen of the Chiricahua Apache and Taino Nations, stumbled into her Chicago home seven years ago after a drug and alcohol binge to find her 24-year-old daughter, Nicole, dead by suicide in DiMaso’s bedroom. Riddled with guilt and trapped...
by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON – Members of a new equity commission advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they want to make sure the USDA does a better job providing resources to Black farmers and other minority communities following decades of racial discrimination....
by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday will unveil the members of a new commission to combat decades of discrimination by the department that Black farmers say has contributed to a sharp decrease in their ranks across the country. But some Black...
