Ammon Bundy

A new book with an imperfect narrator demonstrates the benefits—and limits—of taking right-wing extremists at their word.

• By Peter C. Baker

Legislators in both Capitol Hill and the high country, awash in Big Oil campaign contributions, are rapidly dismantling the pillars of American conservation.

• By Jimmy Tobias

Even with Ammon Bundy's arrest, don't expect the occupation to end quickly or peacefully.

• By Allison Shapiro

As a home-schooled child in an Evangelical household, I watched as Waco roiled 90 miles away. Unlike black protestors, white fringe groups have the privilege of picking their fights.

• By Lyz Lenz

The Burns Paiute tribe has got more of a right to that land than Ammon Bundy, or anyone else for that matter.

• By Allison Shapiro

For centuries, the federal government has bailed out cattle ranchers in Oregon and other Western states. It requires a lot of magical thinking—and historical erasure—to see “tyranny” in Harney County.

• By Aaron Bady

A recent compromise, hammered out to protect sage grouse, shows it's possible for conservation and business interests in the West to work together.

• By Francie Diep

A standoff with authorities at a federal wildlife preserve is a disconcerting reminder of America's vigilante tradition.

• By Jared Keller