
Mississippi Reckoning
Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
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Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
University of Colorado Denver education professor Cheryl Matias built her career helping prospective urban teachers fight racism. Now she wants to bring her ideas to the mainstream.
In 2017, the suicide rate in Durango, Colorado, was three times the national average. After 32 deaths in two years, the town’s leaders banded together and instituted changes with the goal of stopping the contagion. Their efforts may also help other mountain towns.
Caroline Gleich has skied some of the hardest lines in the country but also secretly suffered from abuse from online bullies. When she finally spoke out, she realized she wasn't the only professional athlete being harassed.
As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings.
Upscale meditation studios are bringing mindfulness to the masses. Are they also diluting the practice?
A writer returns to the Grand Canyon again and again. And again.
That mental list you keep of all the fun things you want to experience before it's too late? We wrote it down. Then we came up with a plan for making it all happen—in the next 365 days.
We’re better than ever at understanding the dangers of avalanches. So why can’t we avoid them?
Don't let Alice have all the fun. Get moving at these places high, low, far, or plain thrilling.
How the residents of Silverton, Colorado beat the odds to rescue a long-abandoned mining town
As director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, James Eklund has the unenviable task of overseeing the first comprehensive water plan in the state’s history. But in a place where water is scarce—and is a private property right that sometimes goes back generations—can a blueprint for how to use this resource actually work?
The plan to bring tar sands oil through the Great Bear Rainforest isn’t dead yet. TakePart Journeys explores an alternative source of local development: tourism.
One summer, I braved the Wanderlust Festival, which celebrates yoga, outdoor sports, music, and spiritual pursuits with unbridled positivity.
Meet Graham Steinruck and Nick Martinez—two men on a mission to bring the wild foods of the Front Range to Denver kitchens.
On the 100th anniversary of Ernest Shackleton's legendary expedition, a writer retraces the explorer's steps to one of the cruelest, most gorgeous wildernesses on earth.
Between the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil is having a moment. But with sprawling rainforest, isolated mountain ranges, and thousands of miles of beaches, it’s also one of the world’s great adventure hubs. To help you get far beyond the capital, we tapped a team of local experts for this insider’s guide.
In November, the Fish and Wildlife Service crushed six tons of ivory seized from illegal wildlife traffickers. Why? To slow the skyrocketing slaughter of elephants across Africa.
Is the print guidebook going the way of the triceratops? Not just yet. I investigate the guidebook industry in a short news story.
For years, I've visited a remote, little-known mesa in southeastern Utah to look for ruins and contemplate the beauty of the desert. I keep returning because the solitude offers something rare: the challenge and thrill of discovery.