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Extraction

by Seyward Darby January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

“When your great-grandparents grew up in Stalin’s terror-famine, your grandparents in the Holocaust, and your parents in a straddle between totalitarianism and democracy, you grew up confused about pain.”

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Corky Lee and the Work of Seeing

by Peter Rubin January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

“Corky Lee’s images do something we do not usually imagine photographs can do. Rather than merely showing the visible, they are portraits of structural forces.”

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The Controversial King of Hardcore Climbing

by Peter Rubin January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

“Nims Purja has become the first celebrity mountaineer of the social media age—and the most controversial figure in the global climbing community.”

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Roxane Gay in Antarctica: The Things We Do for Love

by Carolyn Wells January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

“Once upon a time, writer Roxane Gay and her wife, the illustrator Debbie Millman, set sail to Antarctica. Here, they each tell the tale—well, their version of it.”

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Tripping for the Planet: Psychedelics and Climate Activism

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

“With more states legalizing psychedelics, activists are interested in exploring their power.”

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An Ode to Kraft Dinner, Food of Troubled Times

by Carolyn Wells January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

“While the world has continued to change, Kraft’s product has remained the same, somehow evading inflation at one or two dollars per box.”

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The Murder of Moriah Wilson

by Carolyn Wells January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

“How did one of the best young bike racers in the country wind up dead in an Austin apartment?”

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For Humpbacks, Bubbles Can Be Tools

by Krista Stevens January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

“’Bubble use is complex,’ she says.”

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‘This Place Belongs to You’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 20, 2023January 22, 2023

“Joshua Tree National Park is synonymous with the desert. Yet record numbers of guests threaten to overwhelm its beauty, wildlife, and small staff.”

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I Became a Pastor During the Pandemic

by Krista Stevens January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

“But faith is like sandpaper on the soul: pain brought growth.”

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