Kathleen McLaughlin
High Country News
Butte, MT, United States
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Cultural extraction at the edge of the abyss — High Country News – Know the West
Butte, Montana, doesn’t have a major art museum. Instead, it has a gigantic toxic pit. → Read More
Home Covid-19 test is too costly and complex, critics say
The Covid home test is too little and too late, and too expensive and complicated, to help extinguish the raging pandemic fire, critics say. → Read More
Mask defiance remains strong in Montana as the pandemic rages
In many Republican states, local health agencies have hesitated to impose and enforce mask mandates in the face of heated public opposition. → Read More
Montana’s Tribal Nations Preserve COVID Restrictions To Preserve Their Cultures
Some of Montana’s Native American nations are holding firm on coronavirus protections even as the rest of Montana reopens. They’ve got more at stake, they say, in protecting their elders who preser… → Read More
How The Pandemic And An Anti-Vax Health Official Are Roiling A Montana Community
In one conservative pocket of Montana, a local health board member who opposes vaccinations helped fight the state’s stay-at-home rules. But now, as the state slowly reopens, she faces a backlash o… → Read More
In Montana, distance is shaping the coronavirus response
The owner of the Dirty Shame Saloon in remote Yaak, Mont., has no plans to shut down. “We don’t worry about the coronavirus up here," he said. → Read More
China's AIDS history explains part of the 'CRISPR babies' story
China's complex AIDS history helps explain a puzzling aspect of the news that a Chinese scientist claimed to have altered the genes of twin girls. → Read More
China pledges to cut pollution and boost food safety
Premier outlines lofty goals but few details during National People’s Congress opening session → Read More
Can a new park save China's big cats?
New lease on life for Siberian tiger, Amur leopard and other large mammals → Read More
U.S. and China cooperate to thwart nuclear smuggling
Bilateral agreement cooperation aims to thwart dirty bombs → Read More
Couple Lives In Fear After Myanmar's First Public Same-Sex Wedding
As Myanmar opens up, LGBT activism is coming back to the country. But a colonial-era sodomy law, and slow social change, keep tensions high. → Read More
The AIDS Granny In Exile
In the '90s, a gynecologist named Gao Yaojie exposed the horrifying cause of an AIDS epidemic in rural China — and the ensuing cover-up — and became an enemy of the state. Now 85, s... → Read More