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  • The Gangs of Zion

    Drawn to Utah by the Mormon Church, young Polynesians struggle to find an identity, and to escape from a seemingly endless cycle of gang-related violence

    by Tim Sullivan, Aug 08, 2005

  • Protecting the treaty, saving the fish

    Kat Brigham of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla has devoted her life to fighting for tribal fishing rights and the survival of salmon on the Columbia River

    by Tim Sullivan, May 16, 2005

  • Transforming the Forest Service: Maverick bureaucrat Wendy Herrett

    Wendy Herrett, a woman with "the heart of a warrior," braved discrimination to become the first female district ranger in the Forest Service and a pioneer in ecosystem management

    by Tim Sullivan, Dec 06, 2004

  • A new breed of 'ski bums' is anything but

    Young people in booming Ketchum, Idaho, struggle to make a living and find an affordable place to stay

    by Tim Sullivan, Nov 08, 2004

  • A new twist on urbanism

    The Transportation and Land Use Collaborative in Southern California will hold a conference on "Latino New Urbanism"

    by Tim Sullivan, Aug 02, 2004

  • Wal-Mart: Love it or loathe it

    Businesspeople and shoppers may love Wal-Mart, but a lot of its workers – and ex-workers – have reasons to dislike the company

    by Tim Sullivan, Jun 07, 2004

  • In a bitter strike, grocery workers lost ground

    A bitter five-month strike against grocery chains in California did nothing to halt the slide in wages likely to come when Wal-Mart invades

    by Tim Sullivan, Jun 07, 2004

  • Wal-Mart’s Manifest Destiny

    Wal-Mart wants to build more giant Supercenter stores in the West, but communities like Inglewood, Calif., are starting to take a stand against the world’s largest company

    by Tim Sullivan, Jun 07, 2004

  • Creating immigrant leaders: Labor organizer Ramon Ramirez

    Ramon Ramirez of PCUN, the Northwestern Treeplanters and Farmworkers United, fights on behalf of the rights of immigrants, at home in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and across the globe

    by Tim Sullivan, Mar 01, 2004

  • Immigration reform from Washington, DC

    Environmentalists and immigration activists have a few doubts about President Bush’s proposed immigration reform policy

    by Tim Sullivan, Feb 02, 2004

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