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Ruxandra Guidi

Ruxandra Guidi is a correspondent for High Country News. She writes from Tucson, Arizona. Follow her on Instagram: @ruxguidi

Posted inArticles

Un grupo de estudiantes explora la naturaleza en el casco urbano de Los Ángeles

by Ruxandra Guidi September 24, 2018January 24, 2024

Los educadores esperan que esta escuela primaria fomente un compromiso con la ciencia y la conservación.

Posted inArticles

California’s apocalyptic fires are a side effect of modern life

by Ruxandra Guidi August 28, 2018January 24, 2024

The ‘new normal’ of a year-round wildfire season is a problem of our own making.

Posted inAugust 20, 2018: Where the West is Moving - and Why

Farmworkers face illness and death in the fields

by Ruxandra Guidi August 20, 2018January 24, 2024

‘The reality is that the machinery of growers is taken better care of than the lives of farmworkers.’

Posted inAugust 20, 2018: Where the West is Moving - and Why

Immigrants aren’t the real threat to public lands

by Ruxandra Guidi August 20, 2018January 24, 2024

Population growth isn’t the problem. Look to the American lifestyle and economy instead.

Posted inArticles, En español

En el Sur de California, el vehículo aún manda

by Ruxandra Guidi July 9, 2018April 11, 2024

La ansiedad de estar contribuyendo a las emisiones de carbono en la gran ciudad.

Posted inArticles

In Southern California, the car still reigns

by Ruxandra Guidi July 5, 2018January 24, 2024

The anxieties of trying to lower emissions in Los Angeles’ sprawl.

Posted inArticles, En español

Soñando con una equidad energética

by Ruxandra Guidi June 6, 2018April 11, 2024

California busca democratizar la energía renovable.

Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey

How California is bringing solar energy to low-income renters

by Ruxandra Guidi June 6, 2018January 24, 2024

An array on an infamous down-and-out building makes solar more equitable.

Posted inArticles, En español

La falsa historia sobre el caos en la frontera

by Ruxandra Guidi May 7, 2018April 11, 2024

Mientras que migrantes buscan asilo en los Estados Unidos, proliferan las malas políticas migratorias.

Posted inArticles

Trump’s false narrative of chaos at the border

by Ruxandra Guidi May 2, 2018January 24, 2024

As asylum-seekers flee to the U.S., misguided immigration policies proliferate.

Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls

Black women rewrite weed’s legacy in Los Angeles

by Ruxandra Guidi April 20, 2018January 24, 2024

Entrepreneurs find opportunity and community in what was once illegal.

Posted inArticles, En español

Mientras Washington retrocede, California se adelanta

by Ruxandra Guidi April 3, 2018April 11, 2024

Una nueva oficina estatal por la justicia ambiental nace en California.

Posted inArticles

California steps up for environmental justice

by Ruxandra Guidi March 29, 2018January 24, 2024

In the absence of federal leadership, a new state office for communities affected by pollution takes shape.

Posted inArticles

Mano dura, al estilo americano

by Ruxandra Guidi March 7, 2018January 24, 2024

Sobre cómo vemos y tratamos a los migrantes centroamericanos.

Posted inArticles

MS-13 isn’t the real enemy

by Ruxandra Guidi March 7, 2018January 24, 2024

The gang’s brutality is undeniable. But the president’s rhetoric erodes American ideals.

Posted inArticles

Los desastres naturales y nuestro futuro colectivo

by Ruxandra Guidi February 2, 2018January 24, 2024

La intersección entre las clases sociales y el cambio climático en el Sur de California.

Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco

The class disparity in Montecito’s disaster recovery

by Ruxandra Guidi January 29, 2018January 24, 2024

Southern California sits at the intersection of wealth, poverty and climate change.

Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises

How Trump’s tax bill pits the rich against the poor

by Ruxandra Guidi January 4, 2018January 24, 2024

We are witnessing a government restructuring and a cultural divide widening.

Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics

California, un estado de odio

by Ruxandra Guidi November 27, 2017January 24, 2024

Un ex-defensor de la supremacía de la raza blanca observa el aumento en los crímenes de odio

Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics

California, state of hate

by Ruxandra Guidi November 22, 2017January 24, 2024

A rise in hate crimes through the eyes of a former white nationalist.

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