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Native Hawaiians aim to bring cultural sensitivity to Maui wildfire cleanup

Maui Mayor Richard Bissen speaks at a community meeting at the Lahaina Civic Center. A complex cleanup is underway seven months after the wildfire, intended to protect historic buildings and artifacts. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption

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Native Hawaiians aim to bring cultural sensitivity to Maui wildfire cleanup

A delicate cleanup is underway in historic Lahaina on Maui. Cultural monitors are working closely with federal officials to assure the process protects cultural and archeological artifacts.

Native Hawaiians aim to bring cultural sensitivity to Maui wildfire cleanup

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Tuesday

Chef Jojo Vasquez in the open kitchen of FOND – a Neighborhood Eatery, in west Maui.

Chef Jojo Vasquez in the open kitchen of FOND – a Neighborhood Eatery, in west Maui. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption

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A Maui chef's lifeline: his restaurant as the island recovers from Lahaina wildfires

Thousands remain displaced after last year's deadly wildfire on west Maui. Among those who lost almost everything was a chef and his family. But they're determined to keep their restaurant running.

A Maui chef's lifeline: his restaurant as the island recovers from Lahaina wildfires

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Maui fire survivors struggle to find long-term housing, half a year after the blazes

Arica Lynn Souza and her children Ayla, 3, left, and Silas, 4, on the porch of the family home where they are staying temporarily after losing their Lahaina townhome in the wildfires. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption

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Maui fire survivors struggle to find long-term housing, half a year after the blazes

Thousands of people are still displaced and living in limbo six months after the wildfires on Maui. The disaster has deepened a housing crisis and is taking a toll on fire survivors.

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Their journey to unearth a cemetery for enslaved people led to community wide interest

Nadine Chapman (left) and Rachel Perić are residents of the Rollingwood subdivision who are working together to publicize and memorialize the Rollingwood Burial Ground for Enslaved People in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dee Dwyer for NPR hide caption

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Black History Month 2024

Their journey to unearth a cemetery for enslaved people led to community wide interest

Urban development has erased many Black cemeteries around the U.S., but now a movement to find and memorialize them is underway.

Thursday

Six months after the Maui fires, an uncertain economy for the island

A whale watch tour embarks on a voyage with tourists visiting the island of Maui in January. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption

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Six months after the Maui fires, an uncertain economy for the island

As Maui observes the six month mark since the deadly wildfires, business leaders are sounding the alarm about the state of the tourism-dependent economy.

Six months after the Maui fires, an uncertain economy for the island

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Latina journalists shine in a Smithsonian exhibit

Women began reporting and covering TV news when the first Spanish-language network went on the air in the 1960's in the United States. Jaclyn Nash/Smithsonian's National Museum of American History hide caption

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Latina journalists shine in a Smithsonian exhibit

Historically, trust in Spanish-language television news is what keeps the Latinx communities in the United States tuned into the news.

Periodistas latinas brillan en una exhibición del Smithsonian

Las mujeres periodistas incursionaron en las noticias de televisión en español en la década de los 1960, cuando salió al aire la primera cadena hispana de televisión en los Estados Unidos. Jaclyn Nash/Smithsonian's National Museum of American History hide caption

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Periodistas latinas brillan en una exhibición del Smithsonian

Confianza en periodistas latinas es uno de los factores que mantiene a la comunidad hispano parlante sintonizada a las noticias en español en los Estados Unidos.

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Some parents in Lahaina fight to keep their school — and kids — together

The Princess Nahi'ena'ena Elementary School in Lahaina is closed pending the results of air, water and soil tests. Pien Huang/NPR hide caption

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Education

Some parents in Lahaina fight to keep their school — and kids — together

Schools remain closed after the deadly fires on Maui. Parents say it's important to keep their community from being displaced indefinitely.

Some parents in Lahaina fight to keep their school — and kids — together

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Friday

Their house miraculously survived the wildfire, but no longer feels like home

Danilo Andres, 60, outside his home in Lahaina. The fire jumped his home and a surrounding cluster. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Their house miraculously survived the wildfire, but no longer feels like home

It's unclear when water and power will be restored in Lahaina, but one family is working hard to ready their home for return anyway.

Their house miraculously survived the wildfire, but no longer feels like home

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Tuesday

The Americas

Some farmers in Honduras are finding ways to successfully adapt to climate change

In Central America, climate change is adding to the pressures that have pushed millions of people to migrate to the U.S. But some farmers in Honduras are successfully finding ways to adapt.

Some farmers in Honduras are finding ways to successfully adapt to climate change

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Monday

The Americas

In Honduras, climate-caused agriculture problems hit women and girls especially hard

In Honduras, the changing climate is undermining traditional agriculture. Those disruptions fall particularly hard on women and girls, contributing to what's known as the "feminization" of migration.

In Honduras, climate-caused agriculture problems hit women and girls especially hard

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