Colorado will be allowed to mail a 2026 ballot to all eligible voters.

The Native American Rights Fund finds disparities in voter registration, mail-in ballots and other stages of voting in Native communities

Historic drought in the west and water diversion for human use are causing stretches of the Colorado and Mississippi rivers to run dry. "The American West is going to have to need to learn how to do more with less," says Laurence Smith, a river surveyor and environmental studies professor at Brown University. He recently dropped in for a chat with Short Wave co-host Emily Kwong about how scientists are turning a new page on managing two of The United States's central waterways, the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers.

KVNF's Brody Wilson ran the 53rd Imogene Pass Run from Ouray over a 13,114-foot pass to Telluride with a recorder in his hand. The people he met on the way up, most of them in their 60s, 70s and 80s, explain why they keep doing it.

The new agreement means less water for Mexico, but provides stability to those who use the Colorado River near its delta.