Five decades ago, the US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs held a remarkable hearing. It was notable because … More
Tag: coal
The Big Breakdown of coal, illustrated by one chart
After World War II, the federal government, utilities, and developers embarked on a project to build dams, mines, power plants, … More
On the alleged persecution of billionaires
I recently wrote an information-crammed article/dataviz for High Country News about the slow death of coal in Wyoming. One of … More
OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE: The Sacred and the Revolution (by Ian M. Thompson, 1975)
Editor’s Note: While going through a bunch of my father’s old writing, I came across a copy of the Deep … More
“This can’t be the United States”: An excerpt from River of Lost Souls
To drive west out of Farmington is to travel through the borderland, where the northeastern edge of the Navajo Nation … More
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