High Country News

A brave woman now runs a border town

Maria Lopez becomes mayor of a crime-ridden, desperately poor Mexican border town.

by Marjorie Lilly, Dec 18, 2009
An improbable candidate runs in Arizona

You've probably never even heard of John Dougherty, the dauntless Democratic journalist who hopes to challenge John McCain for U.S. Senate.

by John Mecklin, Aug 17, 2010
British writer tackles border politics

British author Bella Pollen’s new novel, Midnight Cactus, looks at Arizona’s border issues through the eyes of an upper-class English newcomer who has left her executive husband and sought refuge in a ghost town.

by Julie Foster, May 14, 2007
Cat Fight on the Border

Plans to fence as much as possible of the U.S.-Mexico border could derail the return of rare jaguars to the Southwest.

by Jeremy Voas, Oct 15, 2007
Fields of dreams

"Farmworker Reality Tours" teach citizens about the lives of California's migrant farmworkers.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 01, 2010
I think we're all anchor babies on this bus

If we're no longer considered U.S. citizens by birthright, then how do we know we're citizens at all?

by Diane Sylvain, Sep 13, 2010
Ironwood's last stand?

An ancient desert icon faces increasing threats along the U.S./Mexico border.

by This American Land, Jan 03, 2010
Is the Latino electorate finally beginning to make its mark?

If Democrats succeed in an improbable coup -- winning a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, and making the state competitive for Obama -- they’ll have Latino voters to thank.

by Ray Ring, Oct 28, 2012
Looking outside the box

In this issue, High Country News ventures outside its usual box to look at 10 serious issues facing the West in the next four years

by Paul Larmer, Dec 06, 2004
Primer 6: Immigration

Our policies are schizophrenic.

by Jonathan Thompson, Jul 05, 2008