Homeland Security’s ‘welfare’ check on Idaho migrant students raises school privacy questions
In other parts of the country, the welfare checks have resulted in children being taken out of their homes and put back into government custody
Wildfires
With nearly 1 million homes at risk, Washington is losing the wildfire fight
In Washington state, nearly 1 million homes sit near forests threatened by seasonal wildfires.
Farmworkers forced to put harvest over health during wildfires
As wildfires increasingly become the norm, farmworkers work in hazardous smoke conditions up and down the West Coast, with few breaks and few protections.
PNW wildfires sicken people in the Midwest and beyond
Researchers estimate that nearly every American is exposed to wildfire smoke each year, even if they never come close to a fire.
Overstretched wildland firefighters risk lung, heart maladies
Wildland firefighters battle increasingly long and hostile fire seasons and often rely on makeshift cloth masks, which can help keep out large debris but offer no protection from small, smoky particles.
Haunted by fire, a community heals together
Despite back-to-back wildfires, Washington’s Methow Valley got no federal disaster mental-health support.
Hidden epidemics: Disasters are driving a mental health crisis
Disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, are intensifying as climate change accelerates.
