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.
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‘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.
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A voice for the overlooked
Writer Jonathan Evison flips the American Dream narrative upside-down.
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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.
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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.
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Trump narrows asylum protections
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.