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Demolition in process on the East Wing of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

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Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies...

Staff Writer - October 25, 2025

R. Grant Gilmore III, College of Charleston From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and...

Environment

Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse...

Staff Writer - December 30, 2019

Jared Orsi, Colorado State University A few hundred yards from the Mexican border in southern Arizona lies a quiet pond, about the size of two...

Environment

Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse...

Staff Writer - December 5, 2019

Jared Orsi, Colorado State University A few hundred yards from the Mexican border in southern Arizona lies a quiet pond, about the size of...

Environment

Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism

Staff Writer - June 29, 2019

Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho When I took a post-college job as a seasonal ranger at Grand Teton National Park 23 years ago, I noticed...

Environment

A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration’s losing streak...

Staff Writer - April 9, 2019

Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Irvine and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University The Trump administration’s push to boost fossil fuel extraction has received a...

Environment

President Trump’s national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be...

Staff Writer - December 5, 2017

Nicholas Bryner, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Biber, University of California, Berkeley; Mark Squillace, University of Colorado, and Sean B. Hecht, University of...

Environment

Shrinking and altering national monuments: Experts assess Interior Secretary Zinke’s proposals

Staff Writer - October 1, 2017

Robert B. Keiter, University of Utah; Anthony Moffa, University of Maine; Sarah Schindler, University of Maine, and Syma A. Ebbin, University of Connecticut Editor’s note:...

Environment

Interior Secretary Zinke invokes Teddy Roosevelt as model, but his public...

Staff Writer - September 30, 2017

John Freemuth, Boise State University Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to shrink four national monuments and allow fossil fuel development activities on others is just...