In Yakima, Washington, anxious migrant farmers worry about deportation.
Social justice
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
What happens when the church comes for your kids?
Former FLDS members fight for their families and homes.
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100 days: Pollution threatens marginalized communities
Environmental justice concerns may not get the attention they deserve.
Posted inApril 3, 2017: Firestorm
What should a community do to protect its immigrants?
A conservative county in Colorado grapples over a new political reality for its refugee and immigrant residents.
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Oil expected in Dakota Access Pipeline this week
What ongoing legal battles tell us about protections for religious freedoms and government consultation with tribes.
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Standing Rock is history repeating itself
We need to come to terms with our past and present treatment of tribes.
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The Western origins of the sanctuary movement
Churches in the West are once again at the forefront of a grassroots effort to save immigrants from deportation.
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A way of unforgetting
Author Lauret Savoy on tracing personal and national history through landscapes.
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EPA cuts will hit minority communities hardest
Trump proposes an end to the office that protects low-income areas from pollution.
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Jordan Downs’ toxic legacy
A public housing project in Los Angeles seeks to redevelop without a proper cleanup.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
How a Chicano band blends urban and wild life
Quetzal finds a sense of place in East Los Angeles.
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When the power of protest works
Organized dissent helped kill Rep. Chaffetz’s public-lands transfer bill.
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ICE raids confirm worst fears of young immigrants
Immigration sweeps are having a chilling effect on Dreamers, key leaders in the California resistance.
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What Obama gave the West
Our 44th president proved to be a true champion who pushed many conservation measures over the finish line.
Posted inJanuary 23, 2017: For Which it Stands
How Standing Rock blew up
In a short time, a tribal concern became a massive movement.
Posted inJanuary 23, 2017: For Which it Stands
Standing Rock’s men at war
By challenging our myths of the West and its warriors, Native men find their voice.
Posted inJanuary 23, 2017: For Which it Stands
What Standing Rock meant for those who took part
Protesters from afar didn’t just take a stand in North Dakota — they brought the movement back home.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
As Trump takes power, the House targets regulations
At stake is the power agencies have long used to protect people and nature.
Posted inDecember 26, 2016: Obama and the West
How Obama began to mend broken tribal relations
Native American leaders say Obama’s legacy is this: He listened.
Posted inDecember 26, 2016: Obama and the West
Feds withheld key documents from Standing Rock Sioux
Still, Trump’s election reduces chances that the Dakota Access pipeline will be permanently blocked.