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The Consultation Trap
WHEN YAKAMA NATION leaders learned in 2017 of a plan to tunnel through some of their ancestral land for a green energy development, they were caught off guard. While the tribal nation had come out in favor of climate-friendly projects, this one appea
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A Foodie Award For HCN
Mention the James Beard Foundation, and folks think of chic restaurants, white chef’s hats and hand-plated hors d'oeuvres. My favorite James Beard Award-winner is much more down-home. Los Hernandez is a humble eatery housed in a whitewashed, cinder-b
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The California Artists Illuminating Kelp
ON THE FIRST DAY I lived in Northern California, I stood on the beach and stared at a golden-green object washed up on the sand — a shining coil with a perfect bulb at one end. It was, I learned, a strand of kelp, and I remember thinking it would mak

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