Tribes and former federal officials fight to cancel energy leases on sacred land.
Social justice
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Can the pope bridge the climate divide?
Catholics in the West are responding to his call. Will Congress?
Posted inOctober 12, 2015: The Rise of Lisa Murkowski
The self in perpetual motion
A review of “Spirit Bird: Stories” by Kent Nelson.
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Utah’s Supreme Court delivers a victory for immigrant rights
Tens of thousands are deported each year for accepting plea deals. Now they will have a new way to fight back.
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No direction home
Nearly a year after San Jose shut down the Bay Area’s biggest homeless encampment, hundreds still live along city creeks. What went wrong?
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Washington state sues feds over worker safety at Hanford
A watchdog group also filed, citing ‘toxic roulette’ for workers at the former nuclear facility.
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An interview with the first African-American president of the Sierra Club
Aaron Mair hopes to shift the club’s mission toward policies that better include the needs and values of minorities.
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Many still living in FEMA’s toxic trailers, investigation finds
From oil fields to reservations, post-Katrina trailers have spread far and wide.
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Fatal shooting in Wyoming raises questions about racism
Were two tribal members the victims of a hate crime?
Posted inAugust 3, 2015: Outflanked
It’s time to end Custer worship
A Montanan faces up to the West’s own history of racism.
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Living the dream, on overtime
Why the outdoor industry opposes a federal minimum wage.
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How crowded are private prisons in the West?
A riot in Arizona puts the spotlight on for-profit incarceration.
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Sightseeing at an open pit mine in Arizona copper country
The mines are still in business, yet towns that once flourished are now mostly gone.
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California state parks’ blueprint for a more diverse future
Plans to overhaul park system, appeal to communities of color.
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The increasingly unequal West
Rich get richer while everyone else wallows in a region once known to be economically egalitarian.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Deportation relief
Program could help immigrant families stay in the U.S.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
The unusual occupation at Utah’s Book Cliffs
They’re burning mad about climate change. Are you?
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New law protects Alaska Native women
The ability to prosecute domestic violence may be the first step toward creating Indian Country in Alaska.
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Female firefighters threaten to sue the Forest Service — again
Four decades after the first allegations of discrimination, some say little has changed.
Posted inMarch 3, 2014: Fallon’s deadly legacy
Hope and history
In The Light Of JusticeWalter Echo-Hawk325 pages, softcover: $19.95.Fulcrum Publishing, 2013. It’s unthinkable that kids in America would ever be allowed to play “slaves and masters,” writes Walter Echo-Hawk, but we don’t see anything wrong with Junior strapping on the trusty ol’ cap-shooters for a game of “cowboys and Indians.” Echo-Hawk, a Pawnee tribal member […]