The program, which would primarily benefit wealthy families, has received support from a Koch-funded group.
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We need more Native literary giants than Sherman Alexie
In the wake of sexual harassment allegations, a look beyond the influential writer.
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A way out of Bozeman’s shadow
Belgrade, Montana, is growing just enough to assert an identity separate of its adjacent city.
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The Wyoming Public Lands Initiative risks collapse
As conflicting groups search for middle ground, some say the process is being rushed.
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BLM speeds ahead on Grand Staircase-Escalante plans
The agency won’t wait for the courts to rule on monument boundaries to start planning.
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No one needs an AR-15
Mental illness exists everywhere in the world, of course, but mass shootings do not.
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Elizabeth Warren’s empty platitude over Native ancestry
The senator’s claims complicate her political relationship with tribes.
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5 types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved
Framers of the Second Amendment wanted an armed, but regulated, population.
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Reckoning with History: The Antiquities Act quandary
The law has created constant tension between the executive and legislative branches.
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Don’t give up on riding the rails
A writer muses on a recent loss of confidence in the West’s rail system.
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A new structure for the Interior Department takes shape
A massive shake-up would shed senior staffers and state boundaries. Could it work?
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A Western town says ‘no’ to guns in schools
School shootings raise a question that once seemed settled in Mancos, Colorado.
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The killing of Colten Boushie
Why the shooting of a Canadian Cree man has so many people angry.
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West Obsessed: An Indigenous family’s struggle for housing
Writer Julian Brave NoiseCat discusses the experience of the Waukazoo family.
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Policies affect people, we affect policies
President Donald Trump’s reversals of decades of immigration policy bring families to the brink of exile.
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California’s hostility to offshore drilling is rooted in past spills
A massive 1960s spill has Californians on edge about Trump’s push for oil extraction.
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Protected lands generate big-time revenue
In Alaska, sustainable recreation dollars help advocates for protected areas.
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Un ‘Dreamer’ sueña con postularse a la política
Reflexiones a más de un año después de la elección de Trump.
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How to learn to love a new landscape
A writer trades in the ‘crack-me-open ache of space’ in Colorado for the lushness of western Oregon.
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When the victors re-write history
A holistic understanding of Southwestern peoples brings the Genízaros to light.