The bigotry displayed when white supremacists disrupted a Pride celebration in Centralia repeats a pattern that dates back to 1919.
Communities
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
California’s homelessness and climate crises leave unhoused communities vulnerable to floods
Seeking shelter, people are living in flood control channels and other flood-prone places.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
‘It’s our stories that ground us to home’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
When school lunch is free
New programs that provide free meals to all students are gaining popularity.
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Denver’s new immigration plan, explained
The new program caps shelter stays for all new immigrants but expands services for 800 asylum seekers.
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Denver lanza programa de asistencia para solicitantes de asilo
El nuevo programa busca brindar apoyo a 800 recién llegados, pero cortará recursos para los demas.
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Desert Subdivision: The paradox of naming a development after Edward Abbey
A Moab housing development named for the author of ‘Desert Solitaire’ sparks debate over Abbey’s legacy and growth in a delicate ecosystem.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Bozeman’s boom depends on immigrants but struggles to support them
One of the nation’s fastest-growing cities relies on a vulnerable population of workers to fuel its economic explosion.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Los motivos ocultos de la prosperidad de Bozeman
El auge económico de una de las ciudades estadounidenses con mayor crecimiento depende del trabajo de un grupo vulnerable de personas.
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A Salt Lake Valley collective brings gardening and queer communities together
At the Mobile Moon Co-op, LGBTQ+ folks find a safe space to nurture land and one another.
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Can ice climbing bring life to an isolated Colorado town in the dead of winter?
Lake City’s ice-climbing park is transforming the local economy.
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At UN, Interior says it’s starting to include consent in tribal policy
The Indigenous-led department is a ’shining star’ when it comes to tribal consultation, but it still has a long ways to go.
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Nevada tribes push for a monument to commemorate historic massacres
The proposed designation of Bahsahwahbee National Monument would protect a religious site known for its juniper groves.
Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys
The untold history of Japanese American bird pins
They were one of the most ubiquitous crafts to come out of Japanese incarceration camps. But few knew their back story — until now.
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Meet the women fighting to end detention and deportation in Washington
La Resistencia is working alongside people in immigrant detention to shut down the Northwest Detention Center.
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Conozca a las mujeres que luchan por acabar con las detenciones y las deportaciones en el estado de Washington
La Resistencia, un grupo de base en el noroeste del Pacifico, trabaja junto a personas detenidas para cerrar el Centro de Detención del Noroeste.
Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys
A border need not be a wall
An immigration journalist on confronting laws and encountering humanity.
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California’s transgender Latinx people find refuge and empowerment in community
‘We are beginning to have that safety that we always desired.’
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Fighting climate change by fighting racism
Hop Hopkins, the new executive director of WildEarth Guardians, explains how the two movements are connected.