Race, Religion & Social Justice

Wyoming 4 Palestine is a group with members across the state that advocates for freedom of Palestinians. They’ve held teach-ins about the Israel-Hamas war and organized a protest at the state capitol earlier this year. Recently, two of their members traveled to the West Bank, an area of Palestinian territory that’s occupied by Israel.

Statues of historic figures have sparked controversy in states like New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado. Now Denver officials say they will not reinstall statues dedicated to Christopher Columbus and Kit Carson.

In the wake of militant attacks, members of different Jewish and Christian groups gathered in Jackson to pray and march to town square.

A new report commissioned by the Interior Department provides a window into the fatal mistreatment of inmates in its tribal jails. The review comes on the heels of a Mountain West News Bureau and NPR investigation that found a pattern of neglect and misconduct contributing to at least 19 deaths at tribal detention centers overseen by the Bureau of Indian Affairs since 2016.

The Wyoming Senate has given final approval to a bill that puts limitations on teaching critical race theory in schools.

The Wyoming Senate has started working on a bill that originally attempted to limit any teaching that resembled Critical Race Theory.

This Saturday marks the 80th anniversary of the executive order that allowed all Japanese-Americans living on the West coast to be removed and incarcerated in camps like Heart Mountain between Powell and Cody.

A bill banning the teaching of critical race theory had different results in the Wyoming House and Senate. A bill fell five votes short of the necessary two-thirds required for introduction in the House, but easily gained approval in the Senate.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced reforms to its criminal justice system Monday, including more training on how to perform death investigations. That follows a Mountain West News Bureau and NPR investigation into more than a dozen deaths in tribal jails. There are also ongoing questions about the firm hired to review the deaths for BIA. Some Congressmen have been critical of the BIA’s choice because the firm was led by a former agency official.

Ignoring Black and brown communities impedes durable climate policy, BIPOC leaders tell federal lawmakers.