Attention drawn to the southern border could bring lasting changes to immigration policy.
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A high-stakes water reckoning looms in the West
Be it a wet or a dry year, the water rich in Colorado’s North Fork Valley take their share.
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The impermanence of wonder and whales
A writer comes to grips with the plight of the Puget Sound orca.
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Guest farmworkers find their voices in Washington state
Will a string of strikes by agriculture’s ‘most vulnerable workers’ end in new common ground or a crackdown?
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Can 21 young people sue the government over climate change?
The Supreme Court will decide this week whether to let the trial begin on Oct. 29.
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See what a tech production surge means for Tesla workers
With few housing options in Storey County, Nevada, new employees are finding alternative living situations.
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The lone punk rocker of Paonia
A musician finds a home among a small town’s orchards and fields.
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Ed Marston, remembered
Thoughts on HCN’s former publisher from people whose lives he impacted.
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Ed Marston’s fierce love transformed the West
How the man who ‘just wanted to write’ created an institution.
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The ascension of Matthew Shepard
A painter examines the aftermath of a murder motived by hate, 20 years later.
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Federal politics unite unlikely coalitions at the border
Environmental and social justice activists challenge President Donald Trump together.
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Global climate scientists issue a dire warning
We have 12 years to limit catastrophic global warming, according to scientists.
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The country’s cheapest water is in the West’s driest cities
By charging more for nonessential gallons, cities could keep water affordable for everyone.
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Volunteer scientists study flowers to battle climate dread
The data they’re collecting is helping researchers evaluate how ecosystems change.
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A revival for the Navajo Nation’s police force
Despite continuous underfunding, a new academy is training cadets to protect the Nation on its own terms.
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Activists want to remove Seattle’s iconic totem poles
Opponents say the art fixtures misrepresent the local Native community.
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Can hunting keep us human?
In the New Machine Age, hunting helps us accept mortality as truth.
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Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?
An untold number of students at Carlisle Indian School disappeared. Tribal nations raise the stakes in search of answers.
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The deadly consequences of Christian ‘faith-healers’
A new film explores a fringe sect’s concept of freedom and the child deaths caused by it.
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The U.S. has become a nation of suburbs
In the West and elsewhere, suburban areas are growing as cities decline.