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Perspective: Can Hunting Be an Act of Care? Lessons from Waawaashkeshi Camp
Of course, not all hunting is ethical. Just as not all agriculture is sustainable, and not all fishing is responsible. But the presence of harmful practices does not invalidate the value of ethical ones. The question we should be asking is not, “Is hunting good or bad?” But rather, “What values does it reflect? What relationships does it sustain?”

Thi Mai Anh Tran
Jul 24, 20257 min read


Acclaimed Science Writers Yangyang Cheng, Priyanka Runwal Join The Xylom’s Advisory Board
Dr. Yangyang Cheng and Priyanka Runwal have accepted invitations to join The Xylom’s expanded Advisory Board, effective today.
As first-generation immigrant scientists-turned-writers who leverage their technical expertise to interrogate complex social issues, both are this year’s winners of the AAJA Journalism Excellence Awards.

Alex Ip
Jul 15, 20253 min read


“They Won’t Stop Sucking Workers’ Blood”: New York Home Care Workers Demand End to 24-Hour Shifts
Despite CPC’s mission to “promote the social and economic empowerment” of Asian American communities, they have played a role in enforcing 24-hour workdays for home care workers with only 13 hours of pay. Protestors complain that the “stolen” wages of 11 hours a day, now amounting to over $90 million in lost wages, have been used to build the 30-storey luxury tower in Manhattan that they now hold signs in front of.

Zhenjia Zhang
Jul 11, 20256 min read


It’s Not Just “Cop City”: Young Indians Revolt Over Forest Clearing, Police Crackdown
Hyderabad is just one example of a growing global wave of resistance against the perceived twin threats of militarized deforestation and democratic backsliding. Unlike Atlanta, the development process seems to have stalled: the Supreme Court of India has sided with students against the state government, granting a moratorium on forest-clearing.

Bhaskar Basava
Jul 3, 202510 min read


Georgia Power Poised To Freeze Base Rates Until 2028 — With a Catch
Unlike the 2022 plan, the proposed extension doesn’t include any pre-approved rate hikes, but there’s a catch. Georgia Power signaled it will file a separate rate case in 2026 to recover an estimated $860 million in storm costs, mostly due to Hurricane Helene, from its 2.7 million customers. It will also file a case to recover fuel costs from customers by February 2026. If the PSC agrees, that could further raise consumers’ power bills.

Alex Ip
Jun 28, 20254 min read


Saving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a Time
Comprising a diverse range of backgrounds and ages, the collective fosters a space for voices of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian seed stewards from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region and beyond to preserve the “genetic legacy” of Iraqi crops.

Lala Thaddeus, Prism
Jun 25, 20259 min read


Crowdfunding is Nigeria’s Newest ‘Health Insurance’ Scheme
Fueled by social media, crowdfunding is now the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians.

Tijani Abdulkabeer
Jun 20, 20254 min read


No Bull: Nepal’s Biogas Revolution Reaches a Turning Point
As people migrate to urban areas in search of a better lifestyle, cattle-rearing, prevalent in rural Nepal, is declining. As a result, three decades in, biogas’s impact on the country remains up in the air.

Manish Koirala
Jun 9, 20256 min read


कृषि प्रधान देश नेपालमा किन बायोग्यास बल्न संघर्ष गरिरहेको छ ?
गुणस्तरीय जीवनको खोजीमा मानिसहरू शहरी क्षेत्रतर्फ पलायन हुँदै गर्दा नेपालका ग्रामिण भेगमा भने पशुपालन कार्य क्रमस: कम हुँदै गएको छ ।यसको परिणामस्वरूप, तीन दशक बितिसक्दा पनि, बायोग्यासको प्रभाव देशमा अझै अनिश्चित अवस्थामा छ।

Manish Koirala
Jun 9, 20256 min read
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