Black Americans aren’t defined by poor schools, menial jobs, high crime and incarceration. They endure them.
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Rent hikes, homelessness and hunger in a small Western city
A writer in Ashland, Oregon, sees the problems that follow an influx of wealth.
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Arizona agency angers Colorado River users upstream
The spat offers a preview of what water politics could look like in a drier future.
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Black women rewrite weed’s legacy in Los Angeles
Entrepreneurs find opportunity and community in what was once illegal.
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Why Compton said no to legal marijuana sales
The California city tries to move on from a painful history scarred by illegal drugs.
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Did Fort Collins grow too big too fast?
The Colorado city’s unwieldy expansion offers a cautionary tale for similar Western locales.
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Coastal cities battle industry over climate change
Fossil fuel companies face mounting lawsuits for their contributions to the looming climate catastrophe.
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Land trusts move from the country to the city
To battle inequality and sprawl, conservation groups are looking beyond rural areas.
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In Congress, both parties agree on one public lands bill
A bill allowing public land sales for conservation inches towards passage.
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A billionaire tests the strength of public access laws
In California, a dispute over a public beach could head to the Supreme Court.
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A new generation of activists, born next to an oil refinery
Long in the grips of industry, working-class parents take a lesson from their children.
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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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A tale of two housing crises, rural and urban
How one Indigenous family is navigating two very different housing problems.
Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco
The class disparity in Montecito’s disaster recovery
Southern California sits at the intersection of wealth, poverty and climate change.
Posted inJanuary 22, 2018: A Separatist State of Mind
Traversing the mighty Colorado River
A writer sets out on a geographic journey to understand the imperiled water source.
Posted inJanuary 22, 2018: A Separatist State of Mind
A separatist state of mind
In the era of Trump, rural discontent settles in the state of Jefferson.
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Climate change forced me to leave the place that I love
After finding their dream town, a family fled drought and fire.
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In a shuttered mill, a Montana town sees business potential
Frenchtown is waiting on a Superfund designation to clean up toxic remnants.
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On the outskirts of Missoula, growth comes with challenges
An influx of new people to nearby communities has strained town systems.
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In Montana, houses are replacing farmland
Can lessons from Vermont keep local agriculture alive?