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Posted inFebruary 1, 2023: The Reveal
Can capitalism be overcome?
A history of environmental exploitation fails to imagine an alternative.
Posted inFebruary 1, 2023: The Reveal
Tending a remnant of home
How a glass shelf connected a woman to what mattered most.
Posted inFebruary 1, 2023: The Reveal
A Los Angeles exhibit reverse-engineers Joan Didion’s writing
‘What She Means’ attempts to re-create the Western writer’s world.
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An Indigenous Affairs reporter reviews ‘Alaska Daily’
Will the show stop its whiteness from sabotaging its own premise?
Posted inDecember 1, 2022: Beyond Illusion
An expedition through Kim Stringfellow’s Mojave
The artist’s transmedia project highlights the vitality of the desert’s many histories.
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Poets reflect on the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs
A conversation with award-winning poet Nico Wilkinson.
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A Coast Miwok family’s fight for recognition at Point Reyes
Theresa Harlan’s family was forcibly removed from their home in the 1950s. Today, she wants the Park Service to acknowledge her story.
Posted inNovember 1, 2022: The Futures of Conservation
What can conservation learn from science fiction?
New works by Western authors explore the brighter futures of our swiftly tilting planet.
Posted inNovember 1, 2022: The Futures of Conservation
On Hearing the Sonic Boom of a Meteor Over Salt Lake City While Drinking Coffee with Lao-Tzu
A poem by Christopher Cokinos.
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‘Let’s make visions of the world that we want to see’
Artist June T Sanders on making images that soften and complicate the concepts of community and identity.
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Stories about breaking the family curse
Rubén Degollado’s new book, ‘The Family Izquierdo,’ is filled with the rich complexities of Latino culture.
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In ‘Solito,’ a child’s harrowing solo migration is laid bare
Javier Zamora’s memoir follows a young child’s yearning to be with his parents in California as he makes the treacherous journey from El Salvador to the U.S. by himself.
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A new podcast explores the Almeda Drive Fire’s aftermath
Isabella Ruikis’ ‘movement journalism’ explores Oregon’s most destructive wildfire and finds hope for the future in community-based action.
