Journalism is inherently extractive. Especially when it comes to covering the coveted, so-called “marginalized communities.” On these assignments, the reporter asks…
Papa Noel airing on PBS this December
Excited to announce Papa Noel, a documentary I helped produce, is airing on PBS in Louisiana this December. If you’re…
As Floods Become More Frequent, Climate Change Threatens Seminole Tribe of Florida
Valholly Frank is 18 years old. She grew up in South Florida, spending her time between the Big Cypress Reservation,…
Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists
Grateful to say I won the 2021 Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Award for Transportation Reporting. It’s my first award…
Indigenous Foods Day
It’s Time to Rename Thanksgiving Most people in North America do not know it was Abraham Lincoln who created the…
Reflecting on the Maine-Wabanaki Child Welfare TRC Commission Five Years Later
The Wabanaki is both the People and the Place of First Light. Collectively they are the tribes: Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy,…
What Truth and Reconciliation Looks Like in Practice
Black Lives Matter protests have continued for months, in the wake of what feels like endless police violence. In fact,…
Trading for the Future by Remembering Our Past
At the Minneapolis American Indian Center, chef Brian Yazzie (Diné, Navajo) serves about 200 meals a day to the community’s…
Is Unschooling the Way to Decolonize Education?
We are midway through 2020, and struggling through a pandemic-fueled economic crash exacerbated by the federal government’s inadequate “stimulus” efforts.…
To Combat Widespread Job Loss, Stay Local & Look to Import Replacement
Amid the grim reality of COVID-19, one of the rare feel-good storylines has been a local business that changes its…
Why Hospitals Are Building Housing
As U.S. coronavirus infections rolled past 30,000 this weekend, approximately one in four Americans is under some kind of order…
Cities Are Cutting the Salt from their Winter Road Diets
If you live in a place with both cars and snow, chances are you’ve witnessed first hand the annual salting…