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February 4, 2019
In this issue, we pay homage to image-heavy storytelling, through a short comic that tells the story of a surf rock band in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Indigenous storytelling has long been interested in recording collective history, and here we honor that tradition. In other stories, we dive into divisions over the Green New Deal, how heat hits poorer neighborhoods harder, and why Wyoming's public lands are the least accessible than any other state. Read why you should be eating roadkill, and how Elizabeth Warren’s claims to Native ancestry are damaging to Indigenous communities. And learn how the federal shutdown damaged good science.
Feature
Editor's Note
From codices to calendars, storytelling has been part of Indigenous life since time immemorial.
Current
If the calf survives, it’ll be the first addition in three years.
Can newly elected progressives convince party leaders to embrace a bold climate agenda?
Where city efforts fall short, activists try to add shade to the heat-stressed south side.
Fire-proof structures can prevent homes from adding to fuel loads in wildfires.
The Cowboy State has more inaccessible public lands than anywhere in the West.
Essays
Salvaging meat in Alaska is commonplace. Can it catch on in the Lower 48?
Book Reviews
Wildlife species make their quests to mate, give birth, feed and seek shelter across the American West.
A Basque writer transplanted to Nevada takes a critical look at American culture.
Perspective
Be it by the barrel of a carbine or a mail-order DNA test, the American spirit demands the disappearance of Indigenous people.
Disrupted funding for federal science hurts Western lands and economies.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Editorial staffers take a retreat and speak at several panels.
Letters
- California orders Nestlé to stop siphoning spring water
- The Colorado town that became a transgender haven
- On the Klamath River, agricultural interests are pitted against the needs of tribes and endangered species
- The toxic, soupy biomass choking water systems in California
- How activists fought Joe Arpaio’s immigration roundups
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