Heroin is sweeping the suburbs of Minneapolis and Chicago, redefining “junkie” and taking lives along the way. Falling in love. That’s how Louie Miceli described the first time he used heroin. He was bright, athletic and good-looking — even a bit of a ladies’ man. He drank on the weekends and smoked marijuana in high…

What happens when no laws allow for a constitutional first-degree murder sentence? EFORE RE-ENTERING THE MITCHELLVILLE PRISON, where she had spent more than half her life, there was a brief moment in which Yvette Louisell thought she might be free. It was after her resentencing hearing on Jan. 31, when District Judge James Ellefson reversed her…

Rodenticides used by illegal marijuana growers on public and Native-American lands affect vitality of California wildlife, often resulting in death. Along the forest floor runs a thick tube of black piping, weaving its way through the trees and bushes and rocks to a small stream. The stream carries gallons and gallons of water back through…

The government makes the ultimate decision about what is sacred while American Indian beliefs fall to the wayside. To American Indians, all that is natural is sacred — including the land. While many religious denominations build churches or temples, American Indians simply worship what is. Unlike those buildings, the lands Native peoples find most sacred…

Violence over Air Jordans continues nearly three decades after their introduction. A basketball rolls across the scene, kicked up by a pair of red and black sneakers — the original Air Jordans — into the hands of the icon himself. The sound of an airplane turbine begins to climb, preparing for takeoff alongside the legendary Jordan’s…