Located on a former ranch in western Arizona, the hot spring is framed by rolling desert hills. Though trucks may sometimes drive down a nearby dirt road, it’s mostly quiet. That serenity is an ...

The reservoirs were under threat, and had been for decades.

From climate and public lands to shifting political allegiances, the region faces critical choices at the ballot box.

This year marks the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act, which theoretically gave Native people the right to vote in U.S. elections — though it was several decades before all 50 states actually ...

In Nevada and Arizona, Latinos make up nearly a third of all voters. What are they thinking this election year?

If elected, she would be the first Latina senator to represent Legislative District 14, which, after a contentious redistricting, is majority Latino for the first time. Beltran pointed to a low ...

En un vecindario mayoritariamente latino de Las Vegas, Nevada, un hombre que se veía agotado por un día de trabajo se bajó de su camioneta y suplicó: “Por favor, salgan de aquí”.

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Marigold is 2, and at times her speech is hard to decipher. She forgets verbs. When she wants to be picked up, she shouts, “Carry you!” And when I ask her to do anything, she almost always replies ...

Ten years after the impasse between the Bundy family and the BLM, the doctrine of white oppression is widely embraced.

I applaud the Eagle Mountain Nature and Wildlife Alliance for its efforts to help mule deer (“ A deer corridor through sprawl ,” August 2024). I can’t help but wonder where the water is going to come ...

Deep reds fading to red-orange, crystalline white cutting through a light gray substrate, bluish-green facets so polished they resemble jade. I’ve spent the week exploring a “research natural area” ...