Browsing: Top Stories

A tribal nonprofit and an outdoor recreation company on Friday asked a federal judge to block border wall-related construction in Big Bend National Park, arguing that the project is contrary to U.S. law and threatens constitutionally protected religious freedoms.

The phrase “Not In My Back Yard” or NIMBY has become common in these discussions. But poverty does not recognize property lines. Homelessness does not stop at the edge of a neighborhood, and human need does not disappear because we choose not to look at it.