Residents of a Rural Arkansas County Grapple With Endemic Gun Violence
Phillips County, home to about 15,000 people spread across 690 square miles. had the country’s highest per capita rate of gun homicides.
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Kang-Chun Cheng
- Jul 18
- 6 min
In the Shadow of Mumbai’s Coastal Road, Fishermen Ponder Their Future — If Any
“We don’t have any other options, we’re totally dependent on the ocean.”
Navya Pothamsetty
- Jun 29
- 7 min
Hyena Helpers for Human-predator Harmony
“People want to... feel heard and want to see that there are efforts being made, regardless of the evidence behind what works."
Samuel Ajala
- Mar 9
- 9 min
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.”
Kushal Pokharel
- Jan 21
- 5 min
In the High Himalayas, Sherpa Women Bear the Disproportionate Effects of Climate Change
“We used to have 20 oxen and two cows, but these days we have a single cow as we have no time to look after it.”
Samuel Ajala
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
"Official Negligence": Floods in Nigeria Threaten Millions, Quarter of Country's GDP
Nearly 16 million people in Nigeria, 4.2 million of them urban, are currently exposed to 1-in-100-year flood threats.
Lauren Neal
- Oct 6, 2022
- 8 min
Perspective: What's the Point of Diversity in STEM Without Inclusion?
It is one thing to be physically in a space, but it is another to feel like I belong.
Carolyn Bernhardt
- Aug 9, 2022
- 13 min
Cross-Pollinating for the Collective
For many Indigenous communities across Central and South America, the study of stingless bees is integral to their culture.
Naa Asheley Ashitey
- Jul 22, 2022
- 7 min
Perspective: Two Years of COVID and Counting, Medicine Still Does Not Value Black Lives
When we throw up the white flag with our approach to COVID, we are simply saying that racism is a public health crisis but we don’t care.
Jess Turner
- Jul 16, 2022
- 4 min
Perspective: Saving Sapelo Island's Legacy from Sinking
But it is necessary to put research into context to understand how past events are shaping the island’s future – land, life, and people.
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