Despite the state of the media, Westword Editor Patty Calhoun maintains hope.
People & Places
Posted inDecember 24, 2018: Good news, bad news
Podcasts that fill the gap
A roundup of our favorite podcasts on stories and analysis of the West.
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See winter solstice around the West
After the longest night of the year, earth tilts once again toward the sun.
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Fact check: the Goldwater Institute’s statements about the Indian Child Welfare Act
The Institute’s claim that ICWA harms Indian children relies on dubious assertions and dog whistles.
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Hunting faces an ethical reckoning
Gruesome social media videos show how far modern hunting has drifted from its roots.
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Elk run the show on Oregon’s north coast
When humans and wildlife clash, sometimes an animal bites your minivan.
Posted inDecember 10, 2018: Critical Mass
Looking for love in all the wrong places
A quest for connection unites a new collection of Western stories.
Posted inDecember 10, 2018: Critical Mass
Photos: the Borderlands free from stereotypes
Experience the banalities, triumphs and fragility of life on the U.S. – Mexican border.
Posted inDecember 24, 2018: Good news, bad news
Indigenous comics push back against hackneyed stereotypes
The ‘noble savage’ in comics is dead. Long live the Dakwäkãda Warriors.
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Life in sanctuary: Will a mother’s sacrifice be worth it?
A Salvadorian immigrant faces the mental and physical repercussions of living in a Denver church.
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How the Indigenous bison bar was appropriated
Epic Provisions took credit for Native-owned Tanka’s idea and built an empire on a foundation of misleading claims.
Posted inDecember 10, 2018: Critical Mass
In Oregon, a mysterious tree grove conjures a colder time
Yellow cedars are suited to damp coastal Alaska. So what are they doing in the desert?
Posted inDecember 10, 2018: Critical Mass
Is sporting a Patagonia fleece a political statement?
A reporter ponders the message the logo of an increasingly political company sends.
Posted inNovember 26, 2018: Follow the fish
Where the wild things are
The new Haida film Sgaawaay K’uuna is as far from Hollywood as can be – and that’s its greatest strength.
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California’s Camp Fire, in photos
As of Nov. 13, the disaster has claimed 42 lives as the search for missing people continues.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
‘A poet in the world’ who’s informed by the land
Award-winning Diné writer Tacey Atsitty discusses her recent book and the accessibility of poetry today.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
A voice for the overlooked
Writer Jonathan Evison flips the American Dream narrative upside-down.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
In these stories, the only real home is a phone’s home screen
Lydia Millet’s new book documents modern-day America from Los Angeles.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
The cultural milieu of anarchist and self-taught linguist Jaime de Angulo
A Q&A with the author of a new book about the early 20th century figure.
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A fishing rod stronger than war’s dark legacy
After his father’s suicide, a son seeks solace in the streams.