History

Jim Hightower Confronts the 1980s Farm Crisis

"It's the same old story—Reagan helps the rich, and Lord help the rest of us."
Jim Hightower

Pioneer Letitia Carson Escaped Slavery to Became One of Oregon’s First Farmers

Racial justice advocates work to memorialize the historic homestead of Letitia and her white husband David Carson
Jaclyn Moyer, High Country News

The Forgotten Victims Downwind of Oppenheimer’s Bomb

How popular narratives obscure the victims of America's first dirty bomb.
Joshua Wheeler & Reto Sterchi

The Great Spirit (Why I am a Pagan)

Zitkála-Šá, born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 1876, embraces the religion of her ancestors
Zitkála-Šá
Pyramid Lake in Nevada

Will a Century-Old Doctrine Help Preserve Tribal Water Rights in the West?

“While Indian tribes have to determine their water rights for the rest of their future, our cities, towns and counties don’t.”
Scott King, Sierra Nevada Ally

Finding Common Ground at a Montana Barn Raising

The former Montana House speaker and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences
Daniel Kemmis
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History
January 11, 2023

Cultivate an Ecological Conscience

Be one with nature, don’t conquer it

Aldo Leopold
History
January 5, 2023

Wisconsin’s Forests: Destroyed, Now Reborn

The past, present and future of Wisconsin's public lands

Mike Dombeck
History
December 9, 2022

“Baptism in Nature’s Warm Heart”: John Muir’s Arrival in Wisconsin

Muir's awe-stricken account of Wisconsin's natural life

John Muir