Army Corps of Engineers

An interview with Steven Conn about his new book, “Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is—and Isn’t.”

An epic account of a vital economic artery and our many efforts to control it.

William O. Douglas was a strong advocate of conservation, but as a Supreme Court justice his involvement in such issues was often ethically questionable.

In Princeville, what’s at stake is not just one town’s survival but a unique window into American history.

A whistleblower says new construction on an old plantation would disrupt important historic sites, including possibly unmarked graves of enslaved people.

World War I saw the advent of chemical weaponry, and a mysterious chapter in the history of American University in Northwest DC.

A geologist and cartographer dreamed up a captivating, colorful, visually succinct way of representing the river's fluctuations through space and time.

A shoreline expert writes about dredging vessels, Louisiana, neoliberalism, and her lifelong quest to save her hometown from the sea.

The Seneca Nation and the building of the Kinzua Dam.

Los Angeles and its river have long been enmeshed in an epic struggle for control.

Despite common belief, Washington, D.C. was not built on a swamp.

Do Americans in rural places really “marinate in a sense of loss and perpetual disappointment”?

Hurricane Katrina exposed deep inequities in federal disaster response. "We never felt so cut off in all our lives."

For thousands of years, Indigenous societies were building hundred-foot pyramids along the Mississippi River.

Jimmy Carter is known as a eradicator of disease and champion for world peace, but he also supported environmental efforts closer to home.

On the evening of 16 December 1835, a fire broke out near Wall Street. It swept away 674 buildings and though devastation seemed absolute, citizens quickly rebuilt.

On the failed dreams and forgotten ruins of William Hope Harvey.

An underexamined aspect of Manchin’s pro-business positions in the Senate is his early membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Most Americans are eager to forget 2020. But some are making time capsules to make sure future generations remember it.

Covid-19 and climate change are drastically intensifying insecurity in New Orleans.

How a profit-driven approach to water rights left the west high and dry.

For generations, a North Carolina town founded by former slaves has been disproportionately affected by environmental calamity.

As Hurricane Irma prepares to strike, it’s worth remembering that Mother Nature never intended us to live here.

Celilo Falls was the economic and spiritual center of the Indian world in the Pacific Northwest.

Who owns the past? That is the subject of debate after the discovery of a human skeleton on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington.