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Jun 16, 20234 min read

Now Hiring: We’re Looking for a Newsroom Fellow

The starting salary for this one-year, part-time fellowship is $8,000.

Jun 15, 20237 min read

Pain, No Gain: Healthcare Gender Gaps Still Remain, Especially in India

S. still dreadfully recalls the time when she would end up finishing an entire packet of painkillers every month just to get through her...

Jun 6, 20236 min read

Toxic Nuclear Waste is Piling up in the U.S. Where’s the Deposit?

Decades on end and after spending billions, the U.S. still has no strategy to permanently deposit its highly radioactive nuclear waste.

May 14, 20235 min read

As "Cop City" Proceeds, Atlanta City Council Proposes Acquisition of Parkland in South River Forest

However, questions persist due to their location adjacent to interstate highways and within FEMA high flood risk zones.

Apr 24, 202310 min read

Perspective: “On the [Dreaded] Term ‘Woman in STEM”

I had heard female science stories, and they didn’t have the kind of inspirational flair I was looking for.

Apr 6, 20234 min read

"It Breaks My Heart": Costa Rica's Coffee Communities Challenged by Climate Change

With climate change, an increase in temperature and erratic rainfall patterns are creating challenges for the coffee farmers of Costa Rica.

Mar 29, 202310 min read

Perspective: A Walk through Weelaunee Forest

The trees, the birds, the fungi, and the dirt—none of them care if the Mayor of Atlanta denies they exist.

Mar 23, 20238 min read

These Bengalureans Are Not Here to Make Your Children Conservationists

“People these days live a programmed life but one realizes the value of life only when they are with nature.”

Mar 9, 20239 min read

Widowed and Homeless, Internally Displaced Nigerian Women Recount Devastating Flood Experiences

“I was thinking when he makes it, he would take care of me and my daughters. But no, he is gone painfully.”

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