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Farmers pick crops at Soul Fire Farm in New York state. It's run by Leah Penniman, a farmer and activist working to diversify the farming community and reconnect people to their food. Courtesy of Capers Rumph hide caption

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Black Farmers Are Sowing The Seeds Of Health And Empowerment

More than nine of 10 farm owners in the U.S. are white. A movement to change that is selling farming to people of color as a healthy lifestyle — and a way to fight discrimination.

Dillon Smith gets popcorn for customers in the concession stand at the TK/Starlite Drive-In Theater in Nebraska. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Good Things Come To Those Who Wait In Line

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She Escaped The Shooter's Bullets In Las Vegas, But Her Mental Scars Remain

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Black Farmers Are Sowing The Seeds Of Health And Empowerment

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As the permafrost thaws, Kongiganak's cemetery is turning into swampland. Community members are now laying their loved ones to rest on raised platforms above the ground. Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK hide caption

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Cemeteries Turn To Swamps As Alaska's Permafrost Melts

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Dana and Dawn Ceniceros stand amid the rubble of what is left of their Ojai, Calif., home after the Thomas Fire ripped through the Matilija Canyon. The fire is one of the largest in the state's history. The Ceniceros have not joined in a lawsuit filed by other residents claiming utility companies are to blame. Stephanie O'Neill hide caption

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Utilities Blamed For Contributing To California's Thomas Fire

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The midnight sun shines across sea ice along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, July 23, 2017. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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'They'll All Be Gone': Video Of Starving Polar Bear Highlights Effects Of Melting Ice

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Alejandro La Luz Rivera returned to Puerto Rico after going to Pennsylvania because he didn't want to leave the home he and his wife built together. Ryan Caron King/WNPR hide caption

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Thousands Of Puerto Ricans Have Left But This 90-Year-Old Is Staying Put

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The Dominican Sisters of Mary's new album is available now. De Montfort Music hide caption

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The Dominican Sisters Of Mary Shares The 'True Beauty' Of Christmas With New Album

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