Posts Tagged ‘Deb Haaland’
Deb Haaland’s Coming Nomination Battle
February 19, 2021 – Next Tuesday is Rep. Dep Haaland’s first stop on her journey as President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. The New Mexico Democrat’s first confirmation hearing takes place Feb. 23 before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, as conservative senators have begun to say…
Read MoreReconciling with the past through place and story
February 12, 2021 – Snap open a map and read the place names listed across the landscape. Those words—the place names on the map—are decided by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a federal agency created more than a century ago to standardize place names throughout the United States. But the world outside is different…
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