“The men call up to Sofiane, telling him that he and his brother have to jump. Guelord shouts that the younger boy needs to go first. Sofiane should throw him down.”
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Protected
They asked who wants to play hockey? I said: ‘What is hockey?’” Abdallah said. “My teacher explained it and I thought it was fun, so I started playing hockey.”
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The American Abyss
“A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob, and what comes next.”
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Keeping Watch Over Seabirds at the World’s Edge
“In Alaska, one of the longest-running and most comprehensive seabird monitoring projects is equal parts tedium, adventure, truth, and beauty.”
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A Plague of Madness
Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film 12 Monkeys showed us a bleak future, one in which a virus had wiped out most of humankind. Twenty-five years on, the film’s creators revisit their visionary film.
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The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth
“What will we lose when Najin and Fatu die?”
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Almost Home
Pete Candler reflects on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.
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The Longest Year
“Maybe this lockdown is a pause that will give us time to ask: Why? Why do I need all these things? Why do I need to consume? I have been in self-isolation for 28 days now. I have been living out of a suitcase. All the clothes I needed for the month have fit into […]
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An Oral History of the National Brotherhood of Skiers
“In March, the group made news after its summit in Sun Valley, Idaho, had a devastating encounter with the coronavirus—scores of members fell ill, and four died. Now it’s wrestling with how to leverage the momentum of a national reckoning with racism.”
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Upirngasaq (Arctic Spring)
“Everyone benefits from a frozen Arctic. The future of the Arctic environment, and the Inuit it supports, is inextricably tied to the future of the planet.”