Women shouldn’t be second-class citizens

I felt like a second-class citizen when the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion last summer. After a…
Idaho State Capitol, Wikimedia commons
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At any given moment during this smoky summer of 2023, hundreds of wildfires were blazing in the United States —…
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MoreA teenager who was killed should still be with us

If you think that race is only an issue in the country’s biggest cities, consider a murder trial that recently…
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MoreHats off to a determined woman

Elouise Cobell Day will be celebrated on November 5 in Montana, but many people in the West may not recognize…
MoreFreedom in the West, but not for women

I moved to Wyoming a few years ago for its outdoor recreation, but I also liked the state’s history of…
MoreHow much will a name change change?

It was late November in Alaska and a lousy day for deer hunting. Rough seas rocked our small boat, and…
View of Kenai Mountains, not far from the former Squaw Bay
MoreTrailer park residents hope to buy the land beneath them

Just outside Durango, Colorado there’s a trailer park called Westside that I’ve been driving by all my life. Yet residents…
MoreOur border with Mexico teems with contradictions

What I found is the volunteers here are the unsung heroes doing the real work of humanitarian aid — and who, by the very nature of what they do, often prefer to remain silent.
MoreWhen will black history become a part of American History?

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MoreAlternatives to bigger jails aren’t a partisan issue

If you know someone is a Republican or Democrat, then you might assume you know exactly where they stand on…
MoreA Japanese-American internment camp has much to teach us

“While other children were sent to daycare, when I was 3 years old I was sent to a Japanese-American prison,”…
MoreIf you see racism, call it out

Black Americans get a lot of messages about who matters and who does not in this country, and the question…
Dixie National Forest
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