B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster, Kate Schimel, 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. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:25:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster, Kate Schimel, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 President Biden to apologize for federal Indian boarding schools https://www.hcn.org/articles/president-biden-to-apologize-for-federal-indian-boarding-schools/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:17:45 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=329148

The U.S. government hopes to assuage cynicism and begin a new chapter of healing for Native people.

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]]> 329148 What to read next about Latinos in the 2024 election https://www.hcn.org/articles/what-to-read-next-about-latinos-in-the-2024-election/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=328706

Five stories we think you should make time for.

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]]> 328706 Short-lived or shallow, it’s still water https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-10/essay-short-lived-or-shallow-its-still-water/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/essay-short-lived-or-shallow-its-still-water/

Notes on what is fluid and flowing, even if ephemeral.

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]]> 225698 San Carlos Apache call for international intervention over copper mine at Oak Flat https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-social-justice-san-carlos-apache-call-for-international-intervention-over-copper-mine-at-oak-flat/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-social-justice-san-carlos-apache-call-for-international-intervention-over-copper-mine-at-oak-flat/ Protesters demonstrate against a massive copper mine at Chi’chil Bildagoteel, also known as Oak Flat.

At the U.N., leaders describe the destruction of Indigenous sacred sites as a ‘major human rights violation.’

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]]> 196912 Fossil-fuel sabotage comes to Hollywood https://www.hcn.org/articles/ideas-arts-culture-fossil-fuel-sabotage-comes-to-hollywood/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/ideas-arts-culture-fossil-fuel-sabotage-comes-to-hollywood/ Behind the scenes of filming “How to Blow Up a Pipeline.”

The director of ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ discusses the value of popular media for environmental ends and whether destroying pipelines is an act of self-defense.

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]]> 195921 What the heck is the Sonoran Avalanche Center? https://www.hcn.org/articles/recreation-what-the-heck-is-the-sonoran-avalanche-center/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2023/03/02/what-the-heck-is-the-sonoran-avalanche-center/

A sardonic social media account gains popularity from taking down sacred ski idols and imagining a future without snow.

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]]> 97240 What comes after the fire? https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-1/editors-note-what-comes-after-the-fire/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2023/01/01/what-comes-after-the-fire/

Friction from the past intensifies in environmentally stressed regions.

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]]> 121764 The place that coal built and fire burned https://www.hcn.org/issues/54-3/south-wildfire-the-place-that-coal-built-and-fire-burned/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2022/02/07/the-place-that-coal-built-and-fire-burned/

Extractive industry laid the infrastructure for the suburban sprawl that fueled Colorado’s destructive Marshall Fire.

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]]> 121611 In spite of bans, evictions in New Mexico continued during the pandemic https://www.hcn.org/articles/justice-in-spite-of-bans-evictions-in-new-mexico-continued-during-the-pandemic/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2021/08/09/in-spite-of-bans-evictions-in-new-mexico-continued-during-the-pandemic/

Landlords and property managers filed more than 11,000 eviction notices since April 2020.

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]]> 96059 The lessons on storytelling that William Kittredge taught https://www.hcn.org/issues/53-2/ideas-essays-the-lessons-on-storytelling-that-william-kittredge-taught/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2021/01/18/the-lessons-on-storytelling-that-william-kittredge-taught/

The beloved teacher and writer was preoccupied with the particular.

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