A new book explores the dark characters that make the wide-open West their home.
Saints and sinners in the Southwest
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A football team on the edge of the world
The Barrow High School Whalers in Alaska are nearly 500 miles away from the nearest opponent.
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The demise of Chief Wahoo
Cleveland’s logo phase-out is a small win in the fight against racist mascots.
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Los desastres naturales y nuestro futuro colectivo
La intersección entre las clases sociales y el cambio climático en el Sur de California.
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A Montana bill takes aim at wilderness study areas
Sen. Steve Daines wants to slash protections for some of the state’s wildest land.
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West Obsessed: Rural discontent feeds the desire for a 51st state
A discussion on the State of Jefferson, a California movement renewed under Trump.
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From bears to condors, the West’s wildlife is finding ways to survive
Five ways science is finding unexpected resilience in animals.
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The power of fossil fuels is fading
Will Western states react in time to save local economies?
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Why aren’t marbled murrelets recovering?
The enigmatic bird’s populations have not increased despite conservation efforts.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
The big public land sell-out
Even without wholesale land transfers, public lands are already being conveyed to industry.
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Monument reductions threaten future dinosaur discoveries
Digs are imperiled by Trump’s move to slash protections for public land.
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Utah’s approach to public lands won’t work
New Mexico exemplifies the risk of managing lands at the whim of local interests.
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The class disparity in Montecito’s disaster recovery
Southern California sits at the intersection of wealth, poverty and climate change.
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What Northwestern tribes say about the Jordan Cove pipeline
Under Trump, the natural gas pipeline gets a third chance.
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The hidden health inequalities that Indigenous peoples face
Disparities are shaped by social inequality, historical trauma and discrimination.
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The allure of horse-powered farms
Photos of Washington homesteads, where an old practice draws young farmers.
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Wild horses aren’t overrunning the West
A Trump administration proposal sets wild horse populations at extinction levels.
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Where #MeToo meets #MMIW
The national conversation should include murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Posted inFebruary 19, 2018: Unfrozen North
Interior cancels decades-old protections for migratory birds
The rollback prompts broad opposition from former officials from both political parties.
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
Latest: Long-term noise pollution gives birds PTSD
New research links natural gas compressors with physical impacts on birds.