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Wolves by Ted Vanegas: I live in "wild Idaho", where its citizens seem to...
Thank you! by Crista Worthy: Bravo! This might just be my favorite essay tha...
"we are all Americans" by Bob: Wigger! Add that to your "labels."
Silvia Martinez is the reason why we hate Mexicans by Bob: Not only the incorrigible, ruthless bastards that ...
wolf attacks by jeff: if you dont like the wild, live in another contine...

It's the population, stupid? | Some Westerners want to blame our environmental wo...
East to the West | A writer contemplates where the West begins, both ...
No ESA for sage grouse | Feds say iconic bird needs protection, but won't g...
Three cheers | Here's to an anonymous donor, Target and 11 scient...
Shooting bullets, not blanks | A tremendous posterity, and firearms in National P...

Charles Bowden on The War Next Door | On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile ...
Thank you, Utah, for leading the way | Utah's Legislature has brilliant plans to cut educ...
Mobile Nation | Every winter in Quartzsite, Ariz., tens of thousan...
The myths of Native American identity | Paul Chaat Smith's latest book, Everything You Kno...
Water fallout | A nuclear power plant proposed for Green River, Ut...

Related: Tent cities and what they tell us Most Americans associate slums with places like Mumbai, India, but all over the West, tent cities and shantytowns are springing up to house the dispossessed.; Tarp Nation Throughout the West, tent cities and shantytowns with names like Taco Flat have sprung up to house the poor and dispossessed.; Justice for all Jensie Anderson meets with homeless clients every Sunday underneath a Salt Lake City viaduct.; Forged on a Rough Frontier Founder Tom Bell's successors take on the task of striking a chord among a broader audience across the West; When you carry your home with you, when are you home? 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.

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