Like its out of control. That its not being managed in a controlled way. And its a scary prospect. Were often forced to come to grips with what its like inside these hospitals thanks to social media videos like this one, this far into this pandemic were again hearing from the front lines about shortages, nurses are sounding the alarm that they are running low on ppe, personal protective equipment the masks the gowns and the like, the basic supplies they need to do their jobs. Five months into this, in the mid of what is the second spike of the first wave, as cases continue to rav average, especially the southern and western United States, medical unions are renewing calls for federal government help. Assistance that Public Health experts say could have made all the difference early on. The president of the Largest Union of registered nurses say a survey of its own members shows, quote, were five months into this and there are still shortages of gowns, hair covers, shoe covers, masks, n
Demon Mineral exposes impacts of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation
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In its cruel aftermath, the disease that brought this barrage of death alters rituals of the grieving process. Families say goodbye by video, or in a brief moment at a hospital bed while dressed in personal protective equipment. Funerals are small and distanced.
Most people who contract COVID-19 will survive, and age and specific underlying conditions play a role in who is most likely to die. But for each death, there s a web of family and friends left mourning.
Sharing these losses is difficult for many of the bereaved; it can be therapeutic, though a way to say goodbye, to honor and celebrate the people they loved.
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The photography by Mary F. Calvert was supported by the Pulitzer Center and funding from the Lena Grant sponsored by HumanEYES USA and WPOW (Women Photojournalists of Washington)
If, as widely expected, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland survives her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday and is sworn in as secretary of the interior, she will make history as the first Native American ever to serve in a presidential Cabinet.
But representation is only half the battle. From day one, Haaland will also be expected to address a festering backlog of problems left behind by predecessors who lacked her perspective as a citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, one of America’s 574 federally recognized tribes.
Helen Nez in her home in Blue Gap, Ariz. Image by Mary F. Calvert. United States, 2020.
Helen Nez was just a child when men from the mining companies asked her to carry around a small device that detects uranium while she was herding sheep near her home in Blue Gap, Ariz. When the device went off, she would put a stake in the ground at that location. The mining companies used the local Navajo people to detect the location of the uranium. All those stakes in the ground became the Claim 28 uranium mine site. She grew up a half mile from the mine.
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