The Chinese Chorizo Festival is excavating buried histories of immigrant solidarity.
A sausage fusing Chinese and Mexican cultures is spicing up Tucson
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Wildfires are thawing the tundra
Researchers discovered recently burned areas emit more methane gas than the rest of the landscape.
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Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants
Pima County emergency services engage in ‘unconstitutional and abusive practices’ on the border, a humanitarian group says.
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The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.
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Another gunky, toxic season for Utah waters
Harmful algae blooms, fueled by warming temperatures and nutrient runoff, plague the state.
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New Mexico’s displaced coal miners have gotten the shaft on severance pay
The state’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many workers.
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Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film
In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.
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When burn scars become roaring earthen rivers
Geologists in Washington are monitoring scorched forest to help create a better warning system for deadly debris flows.
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Kasigluk endures the many challenges of thawing permafrost
Residents of the Alaska village maintain community in the face of climate change.
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Letters to the editor, November 2023
Comments from readers.
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‘It’s my way of remembering who I am and why I do what I do’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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Too many snakes, a hard-rockin’ dog and a GPS truck-up
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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California’s affordable housing contested under the guise of environmentalism
In Eureka, the California Environmental Quality Act is used to target projects that benefit low-income people.
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California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home
The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long run.
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Contemplating Cormac McCarthy
On pain specific to America and artistic influence.
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Beauty is always bigger than the pain
A writer finds what she needs on a snowy walk through a cherished and familiar landscape.
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Eating the ecosystem
It’s possible to eat your way to a more sustainable future.
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Encountering HCN
Readers describe how they first ran into the magazine in the wild.
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The climate crisis is pushing Washington’s prisons to the brink
Why not let people out?