Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.
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You can’t slash health care and say it’s better off
The Senate discusses a bill that will further erode health services in Indian Country.
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What the anti-Shariah rallies point to
Islamophobia and Trumpism are bringing disparate right-wing groups together.
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Podcast: Eccentric communes go mainstream
Desert love, the original tiny houses and Joan Didion’s West.
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Denver neighborhoods sue over highway expansion
Residents say the $1.2 billion project would increase pollution and health problems.
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Grand Staircase-Escalante was set up to fail
How budget cuts, a divided staff and state politics hamstrung Utah’s biggest monument.
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Health care debate will also impact jobs in Indian Country
Indian Health Service has become the largest employer for many tribes.
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Your guide to the solar eclipse
Totality, traffic, telescopes: How ready are you for the event of the century?
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Climate change could disrupt tribes’ religious practices
After years of religious persecution, tribes face changing natural world.
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Where will you view the solar eclipse?
Help us plot your destinations for the Aug. 21st event on our live map.
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Why 1 million Californians lack safe drinking water
Rural, cash-strapped communities don’t have the means to treat contaminated water.
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The California drought isn’t over, it just went underground
The race to dig deeper wells is a losing game for small rural communities.
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Take down monuments to Native American oppression
As monuments to slavery come down in the South, others, too, deserve scrutiny.
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Small towns are the place to challenge immigration policy
Rosa Sabido finds sanctuary from immigrant detention in a politically divided town.
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Clean water repeal moves forward
The public can now weigh in on the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback.
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The Navajo Nation’s coal economy was built to be exploited
When the plant closes, the Navajo people will suffer.
Posted inJune 26, 2017: Personal Pilgrimage
The Pacific Crest Trail’s shadow hikers
At the border, migrants and long-distance trekkers hike side by side but worlds apart.
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California’s ‘covfefe’ craze; Bearthoven; How to stop a wedding
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJune 26, 2017: Personal Pilgrimage
The making of a motorhead
Ex-skiers, ex-climbers, ex-hikers take on long-distance travel with motorbikes.
Posted inJune 26, 2017: Personal Pilgrimage
A network of trails that spans the country
The National Trails System, by the numbers.