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Western workers fight for better conditions

Ski patrollers, grocery clerks and teachers organize for fair wages and support for their jobs.

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Disasters are changing the role of educators

Meet the assistant superintendent leading a rural district through wildfire and COVID-19.

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What’s lost when a family-owned diner closes for good?

A Southern Utah establishment joins the staggering number of mom-and-pop restaurants shuttering across America.

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How a medical examiner’s office transformed to address migrant death

Amid a shortage of forensic pathologists, Arizona’s Pima County has identified thousands of those who lost their lives in the Borderlands.

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The Punjabi truck drivers working in limbo

Like thousands of others in California, Gurpreet Singh builds a life in the West while reporting to ICE, awaiting immigration proceedings and longing for a sense of home.

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Why the country’s largest shellfish farm is struggling to hire and retain...

And how it’s dealing with climate change and housing costs to make back-breaking work a little easier.

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‘What’s the point if we’re not protecting each other?’

How scientists of color are disrupting the rules of historically colonial institutions in STEM and academia.

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When a full-time job isn’t enough

Workers in Phoenix experience higher rates of inflation than the rest of the country. Healthcare workers, in particular, are experiencing the pinch.

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