How a burglary, social media and politics led to a Nooksack Tribal Councilwoman being bullied out of office.
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February 1, 2020
In this issue, we investigate how a Nooksack tribal leader in Washington took a stand against her tribe’s disenrollment efforts and became the target of a home invasion, cyber stalking and constant harassment. In Alaska, we look at a budget threat to ferries forming the marine highway system. We check out a University of California lawsuit against the federal government after the Trump administration shut down the DACA program. In Navajo Nation, we ask why LGBTQ+ people are barred from Diné ceremonies. In a photo essay, we bear witness to the funeral of a deported undocumented U.S. Army veteran whose body was returned to his family in New Mexico for burial. We also interview a wildlife biologist who changed careers to become an advocate for equity in the conservation movement.
Feature
From a campus legal clinic all the way to the Supreme Court, UC stands up for Dreamers.
Reportage
What is lost when the floating highway that connects the state’s coastal communities disappears?
The majority of employees are considering retiring or leaving the agency rather than relocate.
Editor's Note
The Western U.S. is complicated; more reason to try to understand its workings.
What Works
A European bus company is expanding options for regional travel. High-speed rail could be next.
Facts & Figures
Moving land-management HQ out of Washington illustrates the ‘deconstruction of the administrative state.’
Essays
Protesting the Jordan Cove natural gas facility and its pipeline brings an environmental writer and a rancher together.
Conversation
Sergio Avila, known prominently for his jaguar research, shifted his focus to equity in the outdoors.
Photo Essay
Military service comes with no guarantees of citizenship.
West Obsessed
With human impacts felt everywhere, we need a new environmental ethic.
Perspective
We should not be discriminated against when our gender roles don’t match our sex.
Review
The artist challenged ideas of masculinity but fell short of addressing racism.
Tope Folarin’s coming-of-age story recounts the transformations of a Nigerian-American family in Utah.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
… and how does it change our views of this place?
From puppies to party planning to new fellowships, we remain busy.
Letters
- Meet the influencer of the California condor world
- Cultural extraction at the edge of the abyss
- Gold country: A precious metal, a mining mega-corp and a captive workforce
- Indigenous feminism flows through the fight for water rights on the Rio Grande
- Building equity into the renewable energy transition
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