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Climate change intensifies tsunami threat in Alaska
As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities. Victoria Petersen Nov. 9, 2020 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now Tucked against glacier-capped mountains, the Begich Towers loom over Whittier, Alaska.
California voted to keep affirmative action ban in place
It’s a setback, but students have been fighting to diversify their college campuses for years. Kayleen Carter, CalMatters Nov. 6, 2020 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now This story was originally published by CalMatters and is republished here by permission. When Ayo Banjo arrived at the University of California, Santa Cruz for his freshman year, he was surprised to find that only a small fraction, about 4%, of the campus population was Black.
Stop the destruction of Tohono O’odham lands
Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. urges Congress to take action and stop Trump’s border wall. Ned Norris Jr. Opinion Oct. 30, 2020 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now This February, Ned Norris, Jr., chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, testifies at an oversight hearing on destruction at the U.S.-Mexico border. “For the past 160 years, the Tohono O’odham have been on the front lines of border issues, often bearing the brunt of failed federal border policies,” he said.
Stop the destruction of Tohono O’odham lands
Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. urges Congress to take action and stop Trump’s border wall. Ned Norris Jr. Opinion Oct. 30, 2020 From the print edition Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now This February, Ned Norris, Jr., chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, testifies at an oversight hearing on destruction at the U.S.-Mexico border.
How conservation groups confront distrust from communities of color
In order to attract a broader constituency, organizations must first address a history of missteps and exclusion. Eric Siegel Oct. 29, 2020 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now Noé Orgaz, an organizer from Conservation Colorado, at a Protégete community organizing training last year. The training aimed to engage more young leaders in fighting climate change and shaping healthier, equitable communities.
Colorado’s wildfires require a drastic and collective fix
Climate change should be seen as a number one priority. Laura Pritchett Opinion Oct. 27, 2020 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now I live on a county road near the evacuation perimeter of what is now Colorado’s largest wildfire. Yesterday, the sheriff’s deputy was outside, his lights flashing red-blue-red, giving my house a strobe light effect. He was directing traffic as people fled the mountain with trailers filled with cattle and horses and goats and belongings.
COVID-19 makes it harder to know when to harvest sugar beets
Decisions depend on the weather, but accurate long-term forecasts are another casualty of the pandemic. Jane C. Hu Oct. 15, 2020 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now October is always a busy month for Rhonda Hergenrider. On her 700-acre farm in south-central Montana, 15 miles north of the Wyoming border, it’s sugar beet harvest season.
In a small Montana town, there’s a thing with feathers. Hope? Not so much.
Maxim Loskutoff’s debut novel explores the fraught history of the Bitterroot Valley. Gabino Iglesias Sept. 9, 2020 From the print edition Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now In the foothills of the Sapphire Mountains in southwestern Montana, elk are bleeding. Some are dead. Others are still alive, torn by bullets, their panicked eyes searching the landscape for a way to escape.
COVID-19 impacts every corner of the Navajo Nation
Front-line workers confront the world’s newest deadly malady. Kalen Goodluck May 19, 2020 From the print edition Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now “Navajo COVID-19 PSA” by artist Jetsonorama photographed outside of Tuba City, Arizona, in early May 2020. As a service to readers, High Country News has removed the paywall from all COVID-19 stories. Please consider supporting our work by donating, subscribing or sending us story ideas.
The Yaak Valley’s ‘Dirty Shame’
In the infamous Montana saloon, a lesson about home in harsh places. Kate Schimel Essay March 6, 2017 From the print edition Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now On the night after Thanksgiving, I wander into the Dirty Shame Saloon, in Yaak, Montana, with a few friends. A half-dozen people congregate around the pool table, not playing pool. Camo and hunter’s orange are on abundant display. A Confederate flag hangs behind the bar; shotguns are embedded in the counter.
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