News stories by Kyra Ryan
U.S.: Hispanic Farmers Seek Redress for Years of Bias
- Inter Press Service
When the Barack Obama administration urged Congress to settle a protracted anti-discrimination lawsuit for 1.25 billion dollars on behalf of African American farmers last week, Lupe Garcia of Las Cruces, New Mexico was paying close attention.
U.S.: Community in Crisis Looks to its Agricultural Roots
- Inter Press Service
Renowned for its historic Native American pueblo, cultural ties to Spain, bohemian artists, and world-class ski resort, Taos is also one of the many communities in the U.S. facing food insecurity.
U.S.: 'We All Breathe the Same Air and Drink the Same Water'
- Inter Press Service
Some 8,000 kilometres from the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Native American environmental experts from 66 tribes came together at a summit here this week to address the most pressing needs in their communities - problems, all emphasised, that know no geographic boundaries.
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