Adam Mahoney, 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. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:08:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Adam Mahoney, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Can land repair the nation’s racist past? https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-12/can-land-repair-the-nations-racist-past/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=329862 Jade Stevens rests near Lake Putt on land in California’s Tahoe National Forest that is owned and managed by the 40 Acre Conservation League.

California's approach to Black reparations shifts toward land access, ownership and stewardship.

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]]> 329862 For Black families, it isn’t simple creating roots in Phoenix https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-3/south-communities-for-black-families-it-isnt-simple-creating-roots-in-phoenix/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2023/02/06/for-black-families-it-isnt-simple-creating-roots-in-phoenix/

Many have moved to the nation’s fastest growing city seeking community as well as a better life. Few are finding it.

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]]> 121821 A community poisoned by oil https://www.hcn.org/issues/54-8/south-pollution-a-community-poisoned-by-oil/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2022/06/22/a-community-poisoned-by-oil/

People living in Wilmington, California, experience higher levels of illness and ailing mental health.

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]]> 121706 When home is next to an oil refinery https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-10/south-pollution-when-home-is-next-to-an-oil-refinery/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/09/11/when-home-is-next-to-an-oil-refinery/

All I knew about Wilmington, California, was poverty, so I long hid my connection to it.

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