A wildland firefighter reckons with the male-dominated culture found on the fireline.
People & Places
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
Chicken buckets, baked beans, liters of coke: the final meals of death row inmates
Julie Green painted the last meals served to people sentenced to die in an attempt to humanize capital punishment.
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
‘My vision was to build a healthy ecosystem for all who live in it’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inArticles
An Oregon law tries to tackle garbage gases
Surveys of U.S. landfills showed emission rates were, on average, 40% higher than reported.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
The seeds remember
Reclaiming Chinese culture through cultivation.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
‘I see no reason to compromise my value system’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inArticles
The Trump administration is asking park rangers to rewrite history
And some national park site staffers are pushing back.
Posted inArticles
Indigenous filmmakers get support from Sundance
Santa Fe’s Sundance Native Lab has evolved to embrace the multihyphenate artists of today.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Where the garbage goes
Amid massive rollbacks of federal environmental protections, a community battling the expansion of a local landfill seeks to safeguard its own backyard – and everyone else’s.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
The promised land remains elusive for asylum seekers
Some people stuck at the U.S.-Mexico border are forced to risk their lives attempting to cross the desert.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
The enduring appeal of nude desert self-portraits
Posing as rocks and trees, photographer Laura Aguilar influenced others by becoming one with the landscape.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
‘Learn whose land you are on’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inArticles
Class of 2025 leads the way for Indigenous graduation regalia
High school graduates are the first to walk with the protected right to wear cultural attire after the state of New Mexico passed legislation this spring.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
An intimate look at New Mexico’s lowrider culture
Photographer Gabriela Campos takes you on a ride showing the scene as poetry in motion.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
I wish I was ice fishing
On city life and a longing for the richness of the sun and the seasons.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
‘It’s important to continue to find joy and live your life’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inArticles
The poetic contradictions of the Borderlands
Roberto Tejada’s new book, ‘Carbonate of Copper,’ explores surveillance and solidarity along the Rio Grande.
Posted inArticles
Hunting for dark nights and wishing on stars
A bike ride into the desert and an author in search of darkness.
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.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
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.