Arpaio traumatized vulnerable Americans by abusing his power over them.
Writers on the Range
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As sea levels rise, so should our action and alarm
Seven women evoke the impact of rising seas by standing their ground.
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A national monument that saves the last of the last
The monument that brought us the ‘super bloom’ also supports rural economies and threatened wildlife.
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Channel your wildfire angst into climate change action
Oregon’s sorrow and wrath from the Eagle Creek Fire should be put towards policy.
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Racism against Native Americans persists
A Rosebud Sioux woman reflects on the ways prejudice pervades Rapid City.
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Rural communities can coexist with wolves. Here’s how.
The success of Washington’s collaborative wolf management is seldom celebrated.
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Border and immigration agents have too much power
In July, ICE sent German foreign exchange students back home.
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Confederate monuments are glorifications of inequality
A memorial comes down in Montana at the urging of American Indian leaders.
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Close encounters with a scary fire season
As wildfires have ripped through the West, take stock of what climate change has wrought.
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The term ‘climate change’ isn’t working anymore
What’s in a name when it comes to the global climate crisis?
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Invasion of the butt flickers
When tourists toss their spent cigarettes at the Grand Canyon, I’m the one who picks them up.
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All health care is socialism
You can’t treat it as a supply-and-demand economy; nobody ever chooses to get sick.
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The actuality of the path of totality
What it feels like when the world goes cold and dark.
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Hey hunters, don’t vote against protecting public lands
Hunting and angling groups said Trump would represent their interests — but they were wrong.
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How many golf trips is public funding for the arts worth?
Consider the saguaro cactus — and celebrate it with your tax dollars.
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Gutting regulations damages democracy
Shutting the public out of natural resource rule-making is bad for the environment — and the country.
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What I learned from Iraqi and Kurdish students in Montana
Seeing encounters between foreign students and rural Westerners was eye opening.
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Under new Interior Department plan, sage grouse will suffer
New policies will prioritize oil and gas leasing over habitat.
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Why I obsess about the names of plants and animals
Naming things makes individuals out of a landscape of birds, trees and bumblebees.
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Why Montana shouldn’t hurry to hunt its recovering grizzlies
What’s the hurry? That’s how mistakes get made.