A labor trafficking case shows Westerners can sometimes still count on each other to protect those in need.
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Inside the protests over the Thirty Meter Telescope
In the latest act of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiʻian) sovereignty, thousands have gathered on the grounds of a sacred volcano under threat.
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Portland club discrimination case settled
As part of the settlement, the dress code used to discriminate against black patrons must be stopped.
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The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe goes solar
An image of sovereignty in the Colorado high desert.
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Bay Area communities prepare for ICE raids
Following Trump’s latest threats, the Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County feels a new sense of urgency.
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The tyranny of lawns and landlords
Renting culture puts dreams of cultivating wildness out of reach.
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Much of rural America is doomed to decline
Public policy solutions need to grapple with, not ignore, this economic reality.
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New Wyoming coal company abandons mines and miners
State officials are picking up the pieces after Blackjewel goes belly up.
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Nevada teens find community as they navigate homelessness and adulthood together
Clark County has one of the largest unaccompanied homeless youth populations in the nation.
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New Mexico’s oil boom has made rural roads deadly
As oil wells multiply in the Permian Basin, the influx of heavy vehicles exacerbates risks for those living in the area.
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Seattle will offer residents shelter from the smoke
As climate change fuels fires and warms the city, clean air will be in short supply.
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Paranoia and a ‘preposterously’ oversized water tank
An affluent Utah community spent millions to extinguish its fear of fire. Decades later, they’re still trying to buy their way out of a bottomless pit.
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What the outdoor rec industry doesn’t get about the LGBTQ community
Companies can help shift outdoors culture from homophobia toward inclusion while helping their bottom line.
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No happy ending in ‘The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open’
The new film is a character study of two Indigenous women developing a rocky friendship in real time.
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California governor apologizes to tribal nations for past atrocities
‘It’s called genocide. There’s no other way to describe it.’
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Job Corps program benefits communities, at-risk youth, disaster relief
Trump administration efforts to privatize and close centers met bipartisan pushback.
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The rapid thaw of Alaska will accelerate global heating
The state’s warmest spring on record will have planet-wide repercussions.
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What it’s like to navigate life below the poverty line
A new book humanizes the work America’s poor must go through to try and stay afloat.
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‘None of this happened the way you think it did’
For years, the clients of a Colorado funeral home kept their loved ones’ cremated remains. Then the FBI called.
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One rancher’s plan to establish water buffalo in Colorado
The challenges and possibilities of water buffalo ranching in the Roaring Fork Valley.