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Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
In a new home, the OR Show flexes its political muscle
As the outdoor industry ramps up its advocacy, it faces tough questions from Indigenous recreators.
Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
‘Unlikely hikers’ gain traction
Social media is raising the profile of underrepresented outdoor communities.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
A hedge-fund owner is ‘murdering The Denver Post’
Without jobs, journalists can’t be the watchdogs of democracy.
Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
Through a thru-hiker’s eyes
A photographer captures the community he found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Tribes lead the battle to combat a national opioid crisis
Native communities have been flooded with prescription pain pills.
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Trump’s false narrative of chaos at the border
As asylum-seekers flee to the U.S., misguided immigration policies proliferate.
Posted inApril 30, 2018: Celebrity Scofflaw
The long road from violence
A writer reexamines the stories we tell of rural life and struggle.
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As Oregon’s midterms approach, divided sides dig in
The right and the ‘resistance’ are doubling down after the election of Donald Trump.
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What happens in a small town when the gas goes out?
A writer ponders his community’s dependence on natural gas in its absence.
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In Colorado’s conservative corners, a push for gun control
Grand Junction teens broach a tense topic with community members.
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How a community-based program aids sexual assault victims
A new approach to empowering survivors in remote parts of Indian Country.
Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
Black women rewrite weed’s legacy in Los Angeles
Entrepreneurs find opportunity and community in what was once illegal.
Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
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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All (climate) politics is local
During a dry spring, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet visits rural Colorado to talk economics and agriculture.
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
Frackin’ on heaven’s door
How many people over the centuries have loved the Pawnee Buttes, only to see them ravaged?
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
What we have forgotten about the vilified gray wolf
The saga of O-Six lays bare the intricacies of a familiar, parallel society in wolves.
Posted inApril 16, 2018: Cashing in on Standing Rock
Cashing in on Standing Rock
How Veterans Stand squandered $1.4 million raised around the #NoDAPL protests.
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Competition fosters computer skills in New Mexico schools
Rural students learn how to code by participating in a supercomputing challenge.
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Don’t let a road run through it
Development in Alaska wilderness would undermine bedrock environmental laws.