Aaron Gilbreath

Federal law requires coal companies return mining lands to their original condition. This three-part series examines the destructive impact of coal mining on Texas and Texans, and how the state is helping the struggling coal industry pollute the land and save millions on clean-up.

An environmental journalist struggles to reconcile her desire to be a mother with the effect procreation has on the warming planet she writes about.

“Though it is the subtext of savagery that animates narratives around witches, white women who take up the mantle of witch magic rarely understand themselves to be engaging in Indian or savage play.”

“A true story of witchcraft, possession, and murder.”

“Usually it’s humans who are responsible for polluting natural ecosystems. But on Anacapa and Santa Barbara islands, gulls appear to be the ones spoiling the wild habitat with processed food and puked-up trash.”

“In 1954, at the height of his fame, Wright published a thriller with a white psychotic hero. The literary world did not approve.”