Kirk Siegler
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Before the highly publicized caravan of Central American migrants arrived in Tijuana seeking asylum in the U.S., dozens of other asylum seekers had already been waiting in line at the border.
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In expensive West Coast cities like Los Angeles, there's a growing number of working people living on the margins — one crisis away from living on the streets due to soaring rents and housing prices.
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In Southern California, there is a growing backlash against the state's resistance to the Trump administration on illegal immigration and other issues.
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A lot of cowboys built up a their stock on U.S. public lands. But today the number of actual independent cattlemen working on these lands is dropping.
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A school shooting in rural New Mexico has opened a debate over whether teachers in schools in the town of Aztec should be armed.
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Cliven Bundy is calling on other ranchers to rebel against the government after the collapse of a federal conspiracy case against him. But it's unclear how, or even if, other ranchers will respond.
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President Trump promised to be a champion for rural America. But his plan to cut rural development funds causes anxiety in at least one timber country town that's struggling to diversify its economy.
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Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.
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The government's case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy accuses him of leading an armed standoff over control of U.S. public lands in 2014.
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The sale of the outdoor retail giant to rival Bass Pro Shops has folks in Sidney, Neb., wrestling with the notion of becoming just another struggling rural American town.