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Editor's Note
The thousands of RVers who gather in Quartzsite, Ariz., every winter create in an impromptu community that might as well be in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Mar 15, 2010
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Dear Friends
Skipped issue; Paonia's "Miracle of the Market"; Sam Hamilton's obituary
by Betsy Marston, Jonathan Thompson and Rachel Waldholz ,
Mar 15, 2010
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Book Reviews
The second edition of John Ravage's book, Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier, illuminates the roles blacks played in settling the West.
by Wayne Hare,
Mar 15, 2010
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Book Reviews
Philip Caputo's seventh novel, Crossers, amounts to little more than the literary equivalent of a popcorn flick.
by Brian Kevin,
Mar 15, 2010
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How it Works
Three pioneering Western scientists and inventors use biomimicry to tackle environmental problems.
by Carla A. Wise,
Mar 12, 2010
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Essays
A writer contemplates where the West begins, both in the landscape and in his life.
by John Daniel,
Mar 10, 2010
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Writers on the Range
Custer County, Colo., used to be the third-fastest-growing county in the United States, but no longer.
by Hal Walter,
Mar 09, 2010
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Multimedia
Photojournalist Julian Cardona on living and working in Mexico's war zone.
by Cally Carswell,
Mar 05, 2010
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Writers on the Range
The budget crunch faced by schools in Grand County, Utah, poses a terrible threat to the region's young people.
by Jen Jackson ,
Mar 04, 2010
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Writers on the Range
Democratic Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's decision to run for governor of Colorado may throw a spanner into Republican plans to re-take the West.
by Allen Best,
Mar 02, 2010
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Evidence
A toilet was among the artifacts the Trash Track project followed across the country from original owner to final destination in a landfill.
by Chris Tachibana,
Mar 01, 2010
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Editor's Note
Some Westerners want to blame our environmental woes on overpopulation, but the problem is not that simple.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Mar 01, 2010
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Feature
On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile War on Drugs takes a violent toll on the poorest people.
by Charles Bowden,
Mar 01, 2010
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Book Reviews
Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong, is a funny and painful collection of essays on the ways that Indians are stereotyped.
by Annie Dawid,
Mar 01, 2010
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Dear Friends
Wide-ranging talk at HCN's "Power Struggle" discussion in Tucson; HCN board meeting raises financial issues; clarification, corrections.
by Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson ,
Mar 01, 2010