Navajo Nation

Journalist Michael Powell's book is about basketball the same way that Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights is about football — sports are the ostensible focus, but the real interest is the community.

A new report from DigDeep and the U.S. Water Alliance found race is the strongest predictor of water and sanitation access. This has implications for public health.

Fleming Begaye Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers from World War II, has died at the age of 97. Begaye died Friday in Chinle, Ariz., according to a statement from the Navajo Nation. The group's president, Jonathan Nez, called him a "brave and selfless" warrior.