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Last chance for the Lobo
In a bloody battle over control of public land, Mexican wolves are caught in the crossfire.
By John Dougherty
High Country News
December 24, 2007
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=17419

Russian Roulette
The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is providing cover for massive oil drilling that threatens to wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.
By John Dougherty
Phoenix New Times
Published: April 26, 2001
 http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2001-04-26/news/russian-roulette/full

Star Gate
The Battle to Save Mt. Graham from University of Arizona Telescopes
By John Dougherty
Phoenix New Times 
Published: June 16, 1993
http://search.phoenixnewtimes.com/1993-06-16/news/star-gate/

International Trade

Bordering on Exploitation
A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third World workers
By John Dougherty  and  David Holthouse
Phoenix New Times
Published: July 9, 1998 
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1998-07-09/news/bordering-on-exploitation/

Native American

Dark Days on Black Mesa
The Hopi want one of the largest coal mines in North America to stop using their groundwater. If springs and wells continue to dry up, they say, their ancient culture may disappear, too.
By John Dougherty 
Phoenix New Times
Published: April 24, 1997
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-04-24/news/dark-days-on-black-mesa/

Resurrection
After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale
By John Dougherty 
Phoenix New Times
Published: July 12, 2001 
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2001-07-12/news/resurrection/

Problems in Paradise
Havasu Falls on the Havasupai Reservation, where Japanese Tourist Tomomi Hanamure was murdered last summer
By John Dougherty
May 28, 200
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=17026


One Nation, Under Fire
 Illegal drugs and immigrants pour across an open frontier. The government responds with helicopters and ATVs. And the once-quiet desert homeland of the Tohono O’odham Nation becomes a nerve-wracking police state.
By John Dougherty
February 19, 2007
High Country News
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=16834


Politics

Haunted By Spirits
John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business.
By John Dougherty, Amy Silverman
Published on February 17, 2000
Phoenix New Times
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-02-17/news/haunted-by-spirits/

Paradise Lost
Does Fife Symington have the guts to finally 'fess up?
By John Dougherty
Published on July 01, 1999
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-01/news/paradise-lost/

Symington Family Partner Under Suspicion
U.S. authorities suspect a Mexican vegetable grower with business ties to the Symingtons is involved in drug trafficking
By John Dougherty
Published on March 20, 1997
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-03-20/news/symington-family-partner-under-suspicion/

Consumer Affairs

Fuel's Gold
Consumers clamor for big state bucks under alternative-fuel incentive program
By John Dougherty
Phoenix New Times
Published on September 28, 2000
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:ApGkO8plPW8J:www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-09-28/news/fuel-s-gold/+%22Groscost%22+%22John+Dougherty%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us















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