Some books, happenings and other cultural endeavors that helped expand our sense of place in 2024.
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Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
After the Klamath River dams came down, salmon came back
What it’s like to witness the first run of fish above the removed dams in over a century.
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What Nevada’s Culinary Union wants this presidential election
La Culinaria, which represents 60,000 hospitality workers in the battleground state, faces a high stakes election year.
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A lens on the Latino vote in Yakima, Washington
Organizers work to get out the vote within the diverse Latino population in the Yakima Valley.
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Where have all the swifties gone?
This September, a beloved annual bird migration left Portlanders hanging.
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Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine
The Oregon activists call attention to ongoing clearcuts in old-growth forests.
Posted inJune 1, 2021: Once and Future Fires
Film: After wildfire, a motel becomes a temporary refuge
Nearly 8,000 people lost their housing in Oregon’s Labor Day fires. Some are finally finding a home, for now.
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Video: Idaho’s public lands transcend partisan divides
Despite political affiliation, Idaho hunters and anglers agree public lands need protection.
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Video: How rural and urban housing crises affect one Indigenous family
Oakland is pricing out long-term residents, among them Joe Waukazoo.
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Video: Reclaiming the Klamath
Yurok attorney Amy Cordalis leads the tribe into litigation over more water for salmon in the Klamath.
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When 911 feels like a ticket to deportation, undocumented workers turn to a local nonprofit
Policy shifts leave at-risk workers looking for help in other places.
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A post-Civil War town founded by former slaves perseveres
Discover the improbable and inspiring Nicodemus, Kansas.
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Life in sanctuary: Will a mother’s sacrifice be worth it?
A Salvadorian immigrant faces the mental and physical repercussions of living in a Denver church.
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Indigenous people are an indivisible part of America
The story of Thanksgiving is about coming to terms with a difficult truth: the American experiment came at a great cost to Native Americans.
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Competition fosters computer skills in New Mexico schools
Rural students learn how to code by participating in a supercomputing challenge.
Posted inMarch 19, 2018: Desert, Divided
Video: The end of snow
A film explores how people will adapt to a future with less snow.
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A majority of Montana counties face primary care shortages
The gap in health care access is particularly acute in rural areas.
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The people fighting to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Under Trump, officials renew their push for American energy independence.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
A young hunter moves past death threats from afar
The Apassingok family reflects on a formative kill of a whale and the social-media backlash.
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A rural school shrinks—but grows its digital toolkit
How educators brought internet access to New Mexican youth.