Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation’s largest oil fields.

Construction of the Edward Hyatt Powerplant, located near Oroville Dam in Butte County, California. The State Water Project facility, completed in 1967, maximized power production through a ...

An art exhibit centers LGBTQ+ magic and spirituality as an useful reminder of how queer people fought oppression and formed community in the past.

Ryan Christopher Jones is a photojournalist and anthropologist. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard University, where he is writing a dissertation on the community politics ...

Stephanie Casanova is a Report for America corps member covering environmental justice and the Colorado River for Arizona Luminaria. Stephanie’s reporting position is part of HCN's Western ...

Lorraine Marquez Eiler, a Hia-C’ed O’odham elder, listens as Tohono O'odham Chairman Verlon Jose speaks during a news conference at the Quitobaquito Springs site on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. Credit: ...