The neighborhood gathered in windows and doorways as if there were a stranger in town, and we slept like we haven t in months to the tapping of rain on the roof. Hell, I don t even mind if it soaked my shed. Those potatoes may sprout after all. One of the blunders of the century has created a haven for waterbirds in deep southern California. But the water that keeps the Salton Sea wet is a prized commodity in the booming sun belt, and California cities may grab for it.
Cows are good.
Cows are bad. In the latest installment from Writers on the Range, Jack McGarvey says these ranchers have teamed up with an unsavory crowd of racist anti-immigrationists from points north. The irony, he says, is that not one among them hasn't benefited from the labor of undocumented workers. Activists have long employed the power of photography to give the public a visceral sense of what we're losing, and to move people to action. Beyond the world of snapshots and even photojournalism, some photographers take activism to the level of art.