Indian Country votes will help determine whether this seat flips to blue.
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How this year’s general election repeats history
The messy 2016 presidential election echoes deeply flawed candidates of the past.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
How humans nurtured the hated mosquito
Alexander von Humboldt and the spread of Aedes aegypti.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
Opening day at the Crow Fair, an accidental Wild West show and a moose miracle
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
Sometimes a place
A family’s journey from the San Luis Valley to Denver, in illustrations.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
The afterlife of cotton
Through the present and past of a border town, on the trail of literary legend José Revueltas.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
The disappearing art of Southwestern cemeteries
A review of En Recuerdo de, a look at the afterlife of Mexican cemeteries in the West.
Posted inSeptember 19, 2016: Frontera Incognita
The secrets of Los Gatos Canyon
Along the border, identity and memory.
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Photos of the North Dakota pipeline protest
Background on the Standing Rock Sioux pipeline protests and how social media and climate activism raised their profile.
Posted inAugust 22, 2016: 100
Why has the National Park Service gotten whiter?
The agency is trying to hire more racially diverse staff — but can’t seem to make headway.
Posted inAugust 22, 2016: 100
William Henry Jackson’s history-making photos
See these rare color photographs of the early West.
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Salmon supporters win again in court
Washington will have to fix up culverts that block fish passage.
Posted inAugust 8, 2016: Line of Descent
Sometimes, the West must be protected from itself
Today, we need to listen more carefully than ever to the ideas of Western historian, Bernard DeVoto.
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How the Keep it in the Ground movement came to be
A look back at a decade of coverage of anti-fossil fuel protests.
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What can we still learn from Edward Abbey, 25 years after his death?
A trio of new books take a look at Abbey’s mixed legacy on environment, gender and immigration.
Posted inJune 27, 2016: The New Advocates
See the vanishing rest stops of the American West
A review of “The Last Stop” and a look at iconic roadside waypoints.
Posted inJune 13, 2016: Water to Dust
How a Utah county silenced Native American voters — and how Navajos are fighting back
A series of lawsuits could help counteract decades of racist practices.
Posted inJune 13, 2016: Water to Dust
The lost in canyon country
A new book recounts the many mysterious disappearances in the Western desert.
Posted inMay 30, 2016: Trial by Fire
Why Hetch Hetchy is staying under water
A judge ruled in favor of San Francisco water needs over the valley’s restoration.