Laurel Morales

There are large areas of the country where you still can't get a cell phone signal.

The suicide rate for Native Americans is nearly four times the national average, but many tribes' mental health services have been compromised by the sequester.

As of 2012, new uranium mining claims are prohibited near the Grand Canyon. So mining companies are reopening old mines, and looking for other ways around the ban.

A battle is brewing over uranium mining on land near the Grand Canyon. A House bill would allow mining on the land. Proponents say it would help the area economy; opponents fear an environmental disaster.