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National Monuments
August 8, 2023
Tori Otten
Biden’s New National Monument Near the Grand Canyon Is a Big Freaking Deal
The designation protects land sacred to Native tribes and blocks new mining.
July 11, 2018
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
How to Dig Up a Dictator
Can exhuming Francisco Franco make a Spanish Civil War monument less fascist?
April 25, 2017
Emily Atkin
Donald Trump is coming for your public lands.
June 24, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
President Obama just created the first national monument honoring the LGBT community.
February 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Obama announces the protection of 1.8 million acres of desert, including some of the music industry’s favorite spots to shoot music videos.
November 13, 2012
Jennifer Kirby
Four Gorgeous Places in America That Should Be Protected Parks
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