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United States

Introducing Stranger’s Guide: California

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A Letter from Our Founders

  • California
  • North America
  • United States

Inter State

José Vadi
photography by Matt Black

A writer traces the journeys of his abuelo and California’s migrant farmworkers

  • California
  • North America
  • United States
  • Agriculture
  • Immigration
  • Migration

An Interview with Pam Houston

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The "Cowboys Are My Weakness" author revisits her characters 30 years later

  • North America
  • United States
  • Interviews
  • Nature

Stranger Sounds: National Parks

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Musical creations about or inspired by US National Parks.

  • North America
  • United States
  • Music
  • Nature

Rock Fall

Pam Houston

The very last thing Maggie wanted to do was go on a river trip.

  • North America
  • United States
  • Fiction
  • Nature

Betty Reid Soskin

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100-year-old Betty Reid Soskin is often referred to as “America’s oldest park ranger”

  • California
  • United States
  • History
  • Race
  • Racism

Sightseer: Before the Selfie

photography by Roger Minick

As with all pilgrimages, they have made the journey, they have arrived and they are now experiencing the quickening sense of recognition and affirmation

  • North America
  • United States
  • Nature
  • Photography
  • Tourism

Crossings

photography by Kike Arnal

In Houston, trans migrants carve out new lives for themselves

  • North America
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Gender
  • LGBTQ
  • Photography

Legal Lynching

Maurice Chammah
photography by Bruce Jackson

On death row in Texas

  • North America
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Criminal justice
  • Race
  • Racism

What’s Next For Texas: A Conversation With Dan Rather

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In a wide-ranging interview, the legendary journalist talks Texas, the future of journalism, climate change, the Mexican border and more.

  • North America
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Interviews
  • Journalism
  • Politics
  • Public Health
  • Race

How folklórico took over Texas

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High schools compete in the dancing style and the best dancers find themselves recruited like all-star football players.

  • North America
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Culture
  • Dance
  • Music

The Edge of Night in Texas

Robyn Ross

Light pollution is the easiest to stop and even reverse. Why aren't we doing more to achieve it?

  • North America
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Pollution
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