Chad Bradley
@chadebradley.bsky.social
Diné. He/they. @highcountrynews.org Indigenous Affairs reporter/editorial fellow. 2x ASU alum. Music & film enjoyer.
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
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How tribal educators are navigating budget challenges - High Country News
Tribal college and university leaders lean on their resiliency and cultural values in the face of federal funding unknowns.
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I spoke with three tribal college and university presidents & learned more about they have planned, prepared and hoped to continue educating their communities amidst a year of budget cuts and a government shutdown. My latest for @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/articles/how...
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At least six Western conservation groups have abruptly lost their federal grant funding, threatening efforts to restore habitats, protect at-risk species, and support small farmers.
After Trump cuts, seeds sit in the warehouse - High Country News
Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At least six Western conservation groups have abruptly lost their federal grant funding, threatening efforts to restore habitats, protect at-risk species, and support small farmers.
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The big data center buildup
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
The big data center buildup
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The big data center buildup
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
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Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
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Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest - High Country News
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
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The West’s vanishing porcupines
Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.
Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.
The West’s vanishing porcupines
Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.
www.hcn.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The West’s vanishing porcupines
Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.
Scientists are racing to figure out why porcupines are disappearing from their former stomping grounds.
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National news coverage framed November’s elections as proof that anti-trans messaging wasn't effective this cycle.
@lookoutnews.bsky.social found the opposite in Mesa, where that rhetoric helped power a recall against District 2 Council Member Julie Spilsbury.
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@lookoutnews.bsky.social found the opposite in Mesa, where that rhetoric helped power a recall against District 2 Council Member Julie Spilsbury.
www.lookoutnews.org/mesa-recall-...
Mesa Recall Shows Scapegoating Trans People Remains A Potent Strategy for Far-Right Republicans
Despite claims nationally that attacks on transgender people didn’t work in the November elections, a recall in Mesa showed how the tactic remains effective in some places where Turning Point has sway...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
National news coverage framed November’s elections as proof that anti-trans messaging wasn't effective this cycle.
@lookoutnews.bsky.social found the opposite in Mesa, where that rhetoric helped power a recall against District 2 Council Member Julie Spilsbury.
www.lookoutnews.org/mesa-recall-...
@lookoutnews.bsky.social found the opposite in Mesa, where that rhetoric helped power a recall against District 2 Council Member Julie Spilsbury.
www.lookoutnews.org/mesa-recall-...
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I've never published anything so close to my heart. Hope ya love it.
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've never published anything so close to my heart. Hope ya love it.
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A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
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#Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org/indigenous/t...
#Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org/indigenous/t...
#Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming
Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel the progress.
grist.org/indigenous/t...
#Tribes #Food #Indigenous #Farming
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Rural Californians living without power.
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rural Californians living without power.
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
Denver’s storied tradition of sex work, then and now - High Country News
In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
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The first crack in the area’s suspension on new housing that relies on groundwater appears.
Phoenix subdivision builds move ahead, despite water concerns - High Country News
The first crack in the area’s suspension on new housing that relies on groundwater appears.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The first crack in the area’s suspension on new housing that relies on groundwater appears.
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Advocates say some tactics used by officers to target Latinos in Trump’s deportation effort draw from Joe Arpaio’s playbook.
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
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“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.
Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County was one of the first testing grounds for ICE’s 287(g) program, which lets local police enforce immigration laws. Many Arizonans say those abuses parallel what...
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October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Advocates say some tactics used by officers to target Latinos in Trump’s deportation effort draw from Joe Arpaio’s playbook.
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
“The model was Maricopa County — the very public, very humiliating, demoralizing approach to the raids, and the cruelty.”
With @azluminaria.org
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The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was devastated last week by a typhoon. Before the storm, the Trump administration cut a $20 million grant that would have helped protect the village from coastal erosion. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
EPA defends canceling coastal erosion grant to hard-hit Kipnuk
A Trump administration official said the cancellation of a $20 million grant to Kipnuk saved taxpayer dollars from being “swept into the Kuskokwim River.”
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October 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was devastated last week by a typhoon. Before the storm, the Trump administration cut a $20 million grant that would have helped protect the village from coastal erosion. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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An invasive beetle is poised to destroy Oregon ash forests across the Pacific Northwest. As people prepare for the coming loss, Jaclyn Moyer explores the roles this tree plays in ecosystems and communities around the region.
Watching the Oregon ash vanish - High Country News
The emerald ash borer is killing the native tree. How do we make the most of the time while it’s still here?
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October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
An invasive beetle is poised to destroy Oregon ash forests across the Pacific Northwest. As people prepare for the coming loss, Jaclyn Moyer explores the roles this tree plays in ecosystems and communities around the region.
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Joseph Rushmore attended events in memory of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix. As one who has been documenting right wing extremism and christian nationalism for more than a decade, he felt that Kirk’s death marks an important moment for this nation and he wanted to better understand it.
The strange loneliness of Charlie Kirk’s funeral - High Country News
Photos and reflections from the memorial in the Phoenix suburbs.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Joseph Rushmore attended events in memory of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix. As one who has been documenting right wing extremism and christian nationalism for more than a decade, he felt that Kirk’s death marks an important moment for this nation and he wanted to better understand it.
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Arizona’s groundwater law has stopped thousands more proposed homes in the Phoenix area than publicly acknowledged.
The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix - High Country News
A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Arizona’s groundwater law has stopped thousands more proposed homes in the Phoenix area than publicly acknowledged.
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Alaska’s bowhead whales can hear the climate changing. Scientists are listening in, too.
In a changing Arctic, how much noise is too much? - High Country News
Alaska’s bowhead whales can hear the climate changing. Scientists are listening in, too.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Alaska’s bowhead whales can hear the climate changing. Scientists are listening in, too.
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Researchers find that the best bear-safety road signs are authoritative, engaging and persuasive.
The ‘bear’ necessities of good sign design - High Country News
Researchers study the principles that promote bear-safety behavior.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Researchers find that the best bear-safety road signs are authoritative, engaging and persuasive.
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🧵How Native Americans are impacted by the government shutdown…
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🧵How Native Americans are impacted by the government shutdown…
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Tribal governments fend off the worst of the impacts of the shutdown
In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations hefted their political and economic capital to protect services for their citizens.
www.hcn.org/articles/tri...
In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations hefted their political and economic capital to protect services for their citizens.
www.hcn.org/articles/tri...
Tribal governments fend off the worst of the impacts of the shutdown - High Country News
In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations hefted their political and economic capital to protect services for their citizens.
www.hcn.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tribal governments fend off the worst of the impacts of the shutdown
In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations hefted their political and economic capital to protect services for their citizens.
www.hcn.org/articles/tri...
In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations hefted their political and economic capital to protect services for their citizens.
www.hcn.org/articles/tri...
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From me: ‘Navajo president installs a new tribal controller; Council backs the old one’
Navajo president installs a new tribal controller; Council backs the old one
Navajo President Buu Nygren appointed a new interim controller, twice, over the objections of the Council.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From me: ‘Navajo president installs a new tribal controller; Council backs the old one’
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While often frowned upon, the story of sex work is as American as any, in which people use available resources to overcome obstacles, and should be viewed as such. buff.ly/rssT3UD
Denver’s storied tradition of sex work, then and now - High Country News
In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
www.hcn.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
While often frowned upon, the story of sex work is as American as any, in which people use available resources to overcome obstacles, and should be viewed as such. buff.ly/rssT3UD