As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it’s also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples.
Social Justice
Old, Empty Office Buildings Become Part of a Strategy to Reduce KC’s Housing Shortage
A new tax credit could help fill financial gaps for projects and ease housing shortages in the region.
A new tax credit could help fill financial gaps for projects and ease housing shortages in the region.
Q&A: Ukrainian Folk Band Yagódy
The band talks the rural roots of their music, and its role in resisting a war that has decimated rural life in their country.
The band talks the rural roots of their music, and its role in resisting a war that has decimated rural life in their country.
A Solution to Data Center Backlash? Put Them in Oil Fields.
A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.
A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.
Planes Don’t Fly on Masculinity: Why Society Views Women in Transportation as an Anomaly
‘As women, especially African women, we grow up understanding that mistakes are rarely viewed as individual’
‘As women, especially African women, we grow up understanding that mistakes are rarely viewed as individual’
Gender-Bending in Balkan History and Folklore: Sworn Virgins, Ritual Roles and Women Warriors in Drag
The past (and people’s imagination) wasn’t as rigid as today’s defenders of ‘traditional values’ often claim
The past (and people’s imagination) wasn’t as rigid as today’s defenders of ‘traditional values’ often claim
The US Military Is Spending Big on Critical Minerals
Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.
Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.
Justice East of the Pecos
Justice east of the Pecos moves at its own pace.
Justice east of the Pecos moves at its own pace.
Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America
From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops
From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops
Songs of Resistance: Nepal’s Indigenous Communities Fight to Preserve Their Musical Heritage
The pilru is a bird-shaped terracotta instrument with great cultural significance for some of Nepal’s Indigenous communities
The pilru is a bird-shaped terracotta instrument with great cultural significance for some of Nepal’s Indigenous communities
Birthright Citizenship Is Protected. But Anxiety Lingers for Immigrant Parents.
The Trump administration retained far-reaching control over immigration policy in other decisions from the Supreme Court's term that ended on Tuesday.
The Trump administration retained far-reaching control over immigration policy in other decisions from the Supreme Court’s term that ended on Tuesday.
Greens and Regulars
Everything, when you’re green, seems freely available
Everything, when you’re green, seems freely available
Q&A: Rolf Potts on Why “Kansas Never Plays Itself”
Travel writer Rolf Potts discuses his recent video essay about how Kansas has been misrepresented on the silver screen.
Travel writer Rolf Potts discuses his recent video essay about how Kansas has been misrepresented on the silver screen.
“We Are in Danger of Becoming a Stage Without Actors:” Contextualizing Contemporary Overtourism in Venice, Italy
Over the past decade, Venice has been at the forefront of a backlash against overtourism in Europe.
Over the past decade, Venice has been at the forefront of a backlash against overtourism in Europe.
Please, Don’t Outsource Your Critical Thinking to AI
How tech is gradually taking over our most important skill.
How tech is gradually taking over our most important skill.
How Europe Ships Its Waste to Morocco and Calls It ‘Recycling’
European waste fills Moroccan kilns. Communities near Casablanca are left breathing the fumes
European waste fills Moroccan kilns. Communities near Casablanca are left breathing the fumes