Navajo Nation Urges Congress to Extend Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
"Our people have borne the cost of America’s nuclear program in their health and well-being," said one Navajo leader.
This story was originally published by Arizona Mirror. Kathleen Tsosie remembers seeing her dad come home every evening with his clothes covered in dirt. As a little girl, she never questioned why, and she was often more excited to see if he had any leftover food in his lunchbox. “We used to go through his lunch and eat whatever he didn’t eat,” Tsosie said, recalling when she was around 4 years...