While the U.S. does better than basically any country in the world in memorializing key sites of its racist past–quite a contrast to its contemporary politics–usually these sites happen th
This should have happened on January 21, but I am glad it is happening anyway. Biden is restoring the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, as well as restoring
The other day, I noted how the argument that the environmentalists cost jobs in the Pacific Northwest timber industry was completely bogus. But it’s not as if workers themselves don’t beli
Even though the Democratic electorate seems to be only considering white men for 2020, no matter how mediocre or old or unaccomplished, Elizabeth Warren continues to demonstrate herself as the best po
Donald Trump’s evisceration of Bears Ears National Monument already has direct negative impacts. One of the world’s richest troves of Triassic-period fossils has been discovered in an area
In the debate over Trump destroying the Utah national monuments, there’s been a lot of discussion over who matters in that state. Were these monuments foisted upon the people of Utah, even thoug
I hate these people so much. President Donald Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah on Monday by some two million acres, the largest rollback of federal land protection in t
One more national monument saved from the ravages of Trump. That’s the Missouri Breaks in Montana, which was really controversial when Bill Clinton created it. Still about two dozen possible red