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Standoff in the highlands: Guatemala's Mayan descendants battle foreign-owned mines
Tension, wrote Chilean novelist Roberto Bolano, is "the alternating current of tragedy." In the steep mountainous realm of western Guatemala,...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/21/07 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
Bulldozers and blasphemy: in Latin America, Catholics are standing up to those who covet their gold and timber
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I hear Fr. Jose Andres Tamayo Cortez before I meet him, his voice crackling over a public-address...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/21/07 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
The talking way: in Navajo country, traditional justice, modern violence, and the death penalty collide in a debate unlike any in America
DEIRDRE DALE, who according to her father looked more like a china doll than a Navajo, was on her way to a pay phone near her family's trailer in...
Mother Jones, 01/01/07 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
Life study: how nature nurtures students at an inner-city high school
AT 16-TOO YOUNG TO BE SO MEAN--ASHLEY Frequently let her claws fly in class. Scowls appeared at random, over slights no one could recall...
Sierra, 11/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
An idea so beautiful it could stop traffic - One Small Step - using old rail lines
"I grew up in the Atlanta area, where I sprawl and traffic problems are terrible. As an undergraduate at Georgia Tech, I spent my year abroad in...
Sierra, 11/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
Birds of a feather - One Small Step/Bird Brain Dance - Brief Article - Column
"Where I live, people fly a lot of homing pigeons. In the evenings I have watched bird formations spiral up, catch the light, suddenly turn white,...
Sierra, 09/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
Neighborhood watch: a Texas twosome takes on polluters, and wins - Profile/People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources
Sylvia Herrera was seven years old when her teacher taped her mouth shut. It was her first week of school at Govalle Elementary in East Austin,...
Sierra, 09/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
Taking flight to save the shore - One Small Step
"It started in 1996, when I made a call to the Sierra Club offering the use of our helicopter in the Club's fight to protect the California...
Sierra, 07/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
A cowboy's lament: energy companies declare open season on New Mexico - Profile
When cattle rancher Chris Velasquez points to where both he and his father were raised, I have to use my imagination. We're parked atop a...
Sierra, 07/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication -
Pit stop - Bold Strokes
After 150 years, the gold rush has formally ended in the Golden State. By passing legislation that requires companies to fill and restore the...
Sierra, 07/01/03 by Marilyn Berlin Snell · More from publication
