Leah Sottile, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Leah Sottile, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Hate groups in western Washington echo the past https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/how-western-washington-history-explains-the-rise-of-hate-groups/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:55:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325550 Kyle Wheeler at Dancing Swallows Big Gay Bird Sanctuary and Memorial Pond in Chehalis, Washington.

The bigotry displayed when white supremacists disrupted a Pride celebration in Centralia repeats a pattern that dates back to 1919.

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Oregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the region https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-8/north-extremism-oregons-greater-idaho-movement-echoes-a-long-history-of-racism-in-the-region/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/north-extremism-oregons-greater-idaho-movement-echoes-a-long-history-of-racism-in-the-region/

Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.

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James Watt, Ted Kaczynski and power over lands https://www.hcn.org/articles/extremism-james-watt-ted-kaczynski-and-power-over-lands/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/extremism-james-watt-ted-kaczynski-and-power-over-lands/ A photo of Ted Kaczynski positioned in the window of a member of the Eugene, Oregon activist community. It reads “Be Like Ted.”

The legacies of the two recently departed men are intertwined.

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The 90-foot sentinel of Butte, Montana https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-3/people-places-the-90-foot-sentinel-of-butte-montana/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2023/03/01/the-90-foot-sentinel-of-butte-montana/

What does a statue dedicated to mothers reveal about women’s rights?

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How a trail in rural Oregon became a target of far-right extremism https://www.hcn.org/issues/53-7/north-extremism-how-a-trail-in-rural-oregon-became-a-target-of-far-right-extremism/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2021/07/01/how-a-trail-in-rural-oregon-became-a-target-of-far-right-extremism/

To understand the state’s urban-rural divide, start by looking at Yamhill County’s proposed walking trail.

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Did James Plymell need to die? https://www.hcn.org/issues/53-3/north-law-enforcement-did-james-plymell-need-to-die/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2021/03/01/did-james-plymell-need-to-die/

How homelessness is criminalized in small cities and towns across the West.

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As a plague sweeps the land, zealots see a gift from heaven https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-8/extremism-as-a-plague-sweeps-the-land-zealots-see-a-gift-from-heaven/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/08/01/as-a-plague-sweeps-the-land-zealots-see-a-gift-from-heaven/

Extremist pastors are using the COVID-19 pandemic to push their conservative religious ideologies.

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What really is antifa? https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-social-justice-what-really-is-antifa/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/06/05/what-really-is-antifa/

Effie Baum, an ‘everyday anti-fascist,’ talks about President Trump’s threat to designate the movement as a terrorist organization, and corrects the record.

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The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose? https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-6/north-extremism-the-gadsden-flag-is-a-symbol-but-whose/ Mon, 18 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/05/18/the-gadsden-flag-is-a-symbol-but-whose/

How a Revolutionary War-era flag evolved into an anti-government symbol.

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The residual power of Ammon Bundy https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-3/north-sagebrush-rebellion-the-residual-power-of-ammon-bundy/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/02/21/the-residual-power-of-ammon-bundy/

What’s it like when the West’s most notorious anti-government figure comes to your town?

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