What links these stories — from Utah’s canyon lands to Maine’s streets to a Dallas press room — is the question of who wields power, and how. A president reshaping protected lands with a stroke of the pen. A health secretary intimidating scientists. Immigration agents using lethal force. These are not isolated events; they are threads in a larger fabric of governance decisions that shape lives, livelihoods, and landscapes. As Sam Neill might have dreamed, a boring news day would be a welcome change. This was not one.
The Bigger Picture
