And some national park site staffers are pushing back.
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When we harm wolves, we harm ourselves
Anger over these wild creatures shows a lack of perspective.
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The poetic contradictions of the Borderlands
Roberto Tejada’s new book, ‘Carbonate of Copper,’ explores surveillance and solidarity along the Rio Grande.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
The Cybertruck is all tricks and no truck, a musky Tesla fail
Tesla’s baking sheet on wheels rides fast in the recall lane toward a dead end where dysfunctional men gather.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
The subversive power of Spanish-language radio
For decades, immigrant communities have used the airwaves to educate and protect themselves. Under Trump, they’re doing it again.
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El poder subversivo de la radio en español
Durante décadas, las comunidades inmigrantes han usado las ondas para educarse y protegerse. Bajo la administración de Trump, lo están haciendo de nuevo.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
The murder, the museum and the monument
How the discovery of a long-lost monument shattered the trust between a Japanese American community and the museum built to preserve their history.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Is a nuclear renaissance coming?
Data center power demand is sparking interest in new reactors.
Posted inMarch 2025: The Berry Pickers
Filipinos that strike
An oral history archive gathers some of the voices behind the recent LA teacher strikes.
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The beautiful and awful Butte, Montana
The indelible history of mining poisons a town yet extracts something new.
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Jimmy Carter’s mixed environmental record
The former president emphasized conservation, protection — and coal mining.
Posted inJanuary 2025: The West's Most Wanted
Tribal objects returned to the Northern Arapaho Tribe
After years of negotiation with the Episcopal Church, over 200 cultural items finally come back home.
Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
Can land repair the nation’s racist past?
California’s approach to Black reparations shifts toward land access, ownership and stewardship.
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My family experienced Indian boarding schools – and genocide
Why Biden’s apology didn’t go far enough.
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President Biden to apologize for federal Indian boarding schools
The U.S. government hopes to assuage cynicism and begin a new chapter of healing for Native people.
Posted inSeptember 2024: When Migrants Go Missing
Preventing the next ‘Fukushima’
As oil and gas operations at Portland’s CEI Hub grow, so do the chances of a catastrophic spill.
Posted inSeptember 2024: When Migrants Go Missing
What Denali’s road closure means for its wildlife
A landslide sealed off much of the national park’s iconic road — to the delight of bears.
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
The vision of Little Shell
How Ayabe-way-we-tung guided his tribe in the midst of colonization.
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
Indigenous celebration of Hanford remembers the site before nuclear contamination
At the fourth annual Hanford Journey, Yakama Nation youth, elders and scientists share stories about a land that is a part of them.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
Hate groups in western Washington echo the past
The bigotry displayed when white supremacists disrupted a Pride celebration in Centralia repeats a pattern that dates back to 1919.