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Can New York City Force Homeowners to Sponsor Art? 

Before artists moved into SoHo, the neighborhood was known as “hell’s hundred acres,” says photographer David Lawrence. “It was full of warehouses and flop...

The Wild History of the New West

Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior in the Carter administration, stood before a room filled with members of the National Wildlife Foundation. It was...

There Will Be Rules 

Cameron Edwards wakes up with the sun every morning. His land in Logan County, Kansas, stretches over 7,000 acres purchased by his grandfather and...

Thrown to the Wolves

As the sun slips behind the mountain ridges in Sierra Valley, California, local ranchers fear their livestock won’t survive the night.   Nearly every inch of...

A Red Rock Legacy Under Threat

When you ask Chris Heaton how he feels about the land he works on, his voice changes.   “It’s literally home,” he says simply. “It’s sacred.”  The...

Forget It, It’s the Coastal Commission

The central mystery of the 1974 neo-noir film Chinatown is an imagined water heist in California: A powerful man is stealing water during a...

Rockets in the Dark

The commissioners sat at a half-circle dais, all facing a nearly empty room. Because they weren’t looking at each other, they sometimes got confused about when it was their turn to speak. “I can’t tell who’s talking,” a commissioner said at one point.  

The No Trespassing Sign

It should have been easy. Dennis and Leah Seider just needed a sign to mark their property. There are 27 miles of public beaches...

Apocalypse on the Beach

The fire alarms started around noon. By 2:30 p.m., the flames had spread from Agoura Hills, a small town in the Santa Monica mountains, to the shoreline 13 miles away.

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