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Solidarity's account and analysis of the "socialist" Labour government's war against dockworkers.

See the first-ever survey of the Atascosa Highlands An ecologist and a photographer teamed to document and build a living archive of the Borderlands’ biodiversity — before it’s too late. For a few weeks in April and May, the elegant trogon  (Trogon elegans) breeds in the rugged Atascosa Highlands that straddle the Arizona-Mexico border, flashes of its brilliant crimson belly occasionally visible among the sycamore trees. The birds are migrants, and have long pushed north from a histo...

We usually reserve this space for a wide-angle glimpse of what you’ll find inside the magazine, but this month, I want to discuss a different beginning: the newest member of our staff. Carex chihuahuensis (Chihuahuan sedge), from Atascosa Borderlands, a visual storytelling project. Luke Swenson and Jack Dash Editing High Country News is not a job for the faint of heart. We cover the West’s thorniest issues and gravitate without hesitation toward difficult conversations. And you, our reader...