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"All Hell Breaks Loose": How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town

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“They Won’t Stop Sucking Workers’ Blood”: New York Home Care Workers Demand End to 24-Hour Shifts

Jul 116 min read

Home care workers protest outside the Chinese-American Planning Council building.

Home care workers protest outside the Chinese-American Planning Council building.

It’s Not Just “Cop City”: Young Indians Revolt Over Forest Clearing, Police Crackdown

Jul 39 min read

Indian students hang banners and photographs of killed wildlife across the blue gates of the University of Hyderabad.

Indian students hang banners and photographs of killed wildlife across the blue gates of the University of Hyderabad.

Georgia Power Poised To Freeze Base Rates Until 2028 — With a Catch

Jun 284 min read

Saving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a Time

Lala Thaddeus, Prism

Jun 259 min read

Watermelon leaves with satellite imagery of Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and Boston in the background.

Watermelon leaves with satellite imagery of Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and Boston in the background.

Crowdfunding is Nigeria’s Newest ‘Health Insurance’ Scheme

Tijani Abdulkabeer

Jun 204 min read

Dark hands reaching across one another with a Nigerian hospital in the background

Dark hands reaching across one another with a Nigerian hospital in the background

No Bull: Nepal’s Biogas Revolution Reaches a Turning Point

Jun 96 min read

A Nepalese man crouches in the weeds to turns the gas pipeline from the digester off

A Nepalese man crouches in the weeds to turns the gas pipeline from the digester off

Perspective: Can Hunting Be an Act of Care? Lessons from Waawaashkeshi Camp

Perspective: Can Hunting Be an Act of Care? Lessons from Waawaashkeshi Camp

Perspective: Can Hunting Be an Act of Care? Lessons from Waawaashkeshi Camp

Thi Mai Anh Tran

Jul 247 min read

A mancala game board with a Mandelbrot Set plot in the background.

A mancala game board with a Mandelbrot Set plot in the background.

Perspective: Learning Math From an Ancient African Board Game

Likam Kyanzaire

May 225 min read

A visual of an ugu fruit

A visual of an ugu fruit

Perspective: Grief Grows, Like Ugu

Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie

Apr 165 min read

A graphic of a weight scale with almonds

A graphic of a weight scale with almonds

Perspective: Forgiving My Almond Mom

Mar 1610 min read

Two copperhead snakes on a beige background

Two copperhead snakes on a beige background

Perspective: The Copperhead Connection

Feb 35 min read

Comic by Julia Shangguan containing sketches of Europe, her lab, and her life

Comic by Julia Shangguan containing sketches of Europe, her lab, and her life

Perspective: Confessions of a Science Communicator

Julia Shangguan

Jan 293 min read

PERSPECTIVES

A Nepalese man crouches in the weeds to turns the gas pipeline from the digester off

A Nepalese man crouches in the weeds to turns the gas pipeline from the digester off

कृषि प्रधान देश नेपालमा किन बायोग्यास बल्न संघर्ष गरिरहेको छ ?

Jun 96 min read

A Black man crouches on a field, ankle-deep in water.

A Black man crouches on a field, ankle-deep in water.

الحرب في السودان تُهدد الآن تقاليد الطهي في البلاد

Jun 48 min read

A Brown woman pouring dried fish on a shelf inside a solar dryer

A Brown woman pouring dried fish on a shelf inside a solar dryer

இந்திய பெண்கள் சூரியனின் ஆற்றலைக் கொண்டு தமது கைகளால் மீனை உலர வைக்கின்றனர்.

Mar 295 min read

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