Can 21 young people sue the government over climate change?

Of our 46 summers in this part of southern Arizona, this one has been the worst (“What are we doing here?” HCN, 8/6/18). Gone are the rare days when the temperature hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit; now it’s seemingly endless weeks of 101, 103, even 106 degrees. Gone are the almost daily afternoon thunderstorms that left […]

I write in appreciation of Cally Carswell. She relates, with uncanny precision and brittle clarity, what it is to be a Westerner confronting the transformation of a beloved landscape. Her moving rumination, personal and profound, resonates on many levels. What a writer.  Pat CassenMiramonte, California This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine […]

The last two feature stories (“What Are We Doing Here?” HCN, 8/6/18; “Where the West Is Moving — and Why,” HCN, 8/20/18) were especially objective, well-researched, poignant and heartwarming. I’m a somewhat elderly dude who has spent much of my life working with and enriched by a wide variety of diverse folks. Also, my church is […]

After 30-plus years of constant reading, I have read my final issue of HCN (8/20/18). Brian Calvert’s recent editor’s notes and many of your more recent essays and writers’ opinions have left me saddened that what was once the finest journal on the issues affecting the Intermountain West seems to have become just another “woke” partisan magazine. […]