A writer visits Alaska and finds a fishing culture in slow collapse, fading with its most important resource.
Arts & Culture
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
Latest: County campaign promotes monuments on the chopping block
San Juan County says ‘Make it Monumental’ while asking for exemption from the Antiquities Act.
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
Relittering: Take your trash and show it in the sun
Philosophy teaches us little more than how to confuse our settled opinions.
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Why Jon Kyl was chosen to replace John McCain
Amid a reshuffling of Arizona’s political deck, the state’s governor makes a water-driven decision.
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Indigenous peoples are decolonizing virtual worlds
Video games have a malicious history of inaccurate portrayals of Indigenous characters.
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
The West’s atomic past, in opera halls
On stage and in Congress, Trinity test downwinders fight for recognition.
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Wildfire suppression is a decades-old conundrum
Wilderness managers are still trying to balance the risks and necessity of fire.
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
Republicans tout hemp’s potential
The crop could be a lifeline for struggling agricultural communities.
Posted inAugust 20, 2018: Where the West is Moving - and Why
Truckers take on human trafficking
‘Our idea was to turn a passive audience into a disruptive force.’
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
How Native filmmakers are restoring cinematic narratives
Indigenous film festivals showcase Native stories, but more support is needed to reach mainstream audiences.
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A strange feeling of safety for a Black American
Under the gaze of tribal police, a writer finds a new sense of freedom.
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Trevor Noah owes Indigenous women an apology
Racially and sexually objectifying Aboriginal women reflects a long practice in Australia and abroad.
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Where there’s smoke, there’s suffering
The small, sad harms of a summer spent indoors to avoid wildfire smoke.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
The Second Coming of Christ in southern Idaho
A new memoir reflects on an isolated, religious upbringing in a survivalist Mormon family.
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Holding onto home in rural North Dakota
A new documentary explores progress and place in fracking country.
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Journalism is less diverse than Hollywood — and Congress
Stop enabling news organizations that shun inclusive coverage.
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What gun shops can do to help prevent suicide
Montana’s arms dealers could learn from a model in New Hampshire.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
Pawnee comic Howie Echo-Hawk wants to see you squirm
Echo-Hawk’s ‘punishment comedy’ draws on his experiences as an Indigenous man living in Seattle.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
Montanans sightsee at a political circus
President Donald Trump’s spectacle draws a crowd, for now.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
Monument Valley
The spectral lines between life and the inert.