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“Our Slice of Heaven That You’re Willing To Turn Into Hell for a Profit.”
Three export terminals that captured half of the U.S. crude oil export industry have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the Texas Coastal Bend town into an unlikely fenceline community.
Alex Ip
May 2413 min read
Perspective: Learning Math From an Ancient African Board Game
Owari is an ancient African game designed to teach the mathematical concept of fractals, a game that is enjoyed by children and adults in its modern form to this day.
Likam Kyanzaire
May 225 min read
EXPLAINER: What’s at Stake in the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Upcoming Primary Elections
The primary elections for PSC Districts 2 and 3 are set for June 17. While a commissioner must live in the geographic district they represent, all five are elected by voters statewide. These five commissioners, in large part, determine how the state tackles the threats posed by climate change.
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Atlanta Civic Circle
May 164 min read
Six Decades Later, Zambians Ask, “Were Chinese Mining Infrastructure Investments Worth It?”
My parents are from Taiwan, but I was born and raised in the U.S. and am an American passport holder. Not that it mattered. In these situations, there is nothing one can do to reshape rooted perceptions.
Kang-Chun Cheng
Apr 3011 min read
Jakarta's Urban Farms Come To The Rescue Of Food-Insecure Residents
In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.
Arpan Rachman and Andi Aisyah Lamboge
Apr 237 min read
Perspective: Grief Grows, Like Ugu
Among ugu plants, resuscitation is possible; dead ugu plants can come back to life. Maybe only such plants can belong in the world.
Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie
Apr 165 min read
River Nile Blues: Famished Sudanese Turn to the Humble Sweet Potato
Bread has traditionally been Sudan’s primary food source, but sweet potatoes have replaced it due to disruptions around the Sudan civil war.
The Xylom
Apr 99 min read
Everything You Need to Know about Bird Flu
H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way for the outbreak we’re seeing today.
Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine
Apr 315 min read
இந்திய பெண்கள் சூரியனின் ஆற்றலைக் கொண்டு தமது கைகளால் மீனை உலர வைக்கின்றனர்.
தெற்காசியாவை உள்ளிட்ட பல பகுதிகளில் மீனை உலர வைக்கும் உழைப்பாளர்களில் பெண்கள் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்துகின்றனர்.
Laasya Shekhar
Mar 295 min read
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