New Year’s resolutions inspire people to make positive changes in their lives, though it seems that we rarely stick to them ...

Mike on dune. Image courtesy of Michael P. Branch. Damned ancient Mayans. In anticipation of the end of the world on December ...

Eloisa Mendoza has spent 18 years helping people who aren't fluent in English navigate complex legal processes and paperwork, ...

Judith Matloff is on the faculty of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her work has appeared in major media ...

Reducing the risk of wild fire devastation in the Sierra Nevada is a daunting and multi-faceted task. Much of the effort is focused on reducing fuel load in the forest so that fires that do flare up ...

Even though one in five Americans is estimated to suffer from mental health illness, talk about mental health in the rural West remains muted. I’d like to talk about it this Thanksgiving [season] ...

You got anything to cut fishing line? Dangling by its tail, the chipmunk.

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Giovanni was a poet, essayist, children’s book author, activist and professor.