Humanitarian groups track traces of migrants crossing the border.
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Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
So what if we’re doomed?
Climate chaos, mass extinction, the collapse of civilization: A guide to facing the ecocide.
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Do the laws on counterfeit Native art go far enough?
Ubiquitous fakes have far-reaching impacts on Indian Country.
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Help us report on hate in the West
High Country News joins a national effort to document hate.
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Denver neighborhoods sue over highway expansion
Residents say the $1.2 billion project would increase pollution and health problems.
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Small towns are the place to challenge immigration policy
Rosa Sabido finds sanctuary from immigrant detention in a politically divided town.
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What Joe Arpaio represents in today’s American West
The embattled lawman faces charges of criminal contempt.
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Border Patrol arrests migrants seeking humanitarian aid
As temperatures in the Southwest soar, advocates worry about border crossers.
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A judge’s ruling on Standing Rock reinforces treaty rights
The first in a series of lawsuits sides with tribal sovereignty.
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Making the California coast public for all
Invisible barriers have kept people of color at bay.
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
Meet Jane, a climate scientist who fled Trump’s government
Worries about science censorship drove her from her post at the Energy Department.
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Meet the people in the path of a massive pipeline expansion
Standing Rock tactics are being used in a Canada pipeline fight.
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How low-wage immigrant workers are reviving unions
In Los Angeles, a steady movement takes hold under the Trump administration.
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Police shootings of Native Americans spark a movement
A new generation of activists on and off reservations struggle for visibility.
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West Obsessed: The prison economy traps the innocent
How a town dependent on incarceration came to be and what that meant for one asylum-seeker.
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How far will Canada go to honor tribal sovereignty?
In pipeline fights, ‘there’s no process for Indigenous peoples to say no.’
Posted inJune 12, 2017: The Big Swing
The danger of urban ‘heat islands’
How built-up cities and higher temperatures threaten human health.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
How private prisons became a booming business
The numbers and policies behind the immigration-incarceration economy.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Meet Ruth, who makes a home for the houseless
After her husband’s death, a woman collects a new family.
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How will Interior respond to Yellowstone harassment?
An investigation found a culture of “inappropriate comments and actions.”