Diversity

Butterflies, Children, Guns: Migration in a Tiny Texas Town

Butterflies, children, and guns. How a terrified child’s question about butterflies changed the way I thought about migration and borders.

This land tells a story: Booker T. Washington National Monument. Stand in the spot where a family of slaves learned that they were free.

My white privilege helped me become a park ranger. I feel safe in nature and in national parks when so many others don’t.

All-terrain wheelchairs have arrived in many parks in the US and beyond. But are hiking wheelchairs coming to a park near you?

A few years ago in a grad class, a fellow student made a statement that floored me: “LGBTQ people can’t work in national parks.”