Nevertheless, They Persisted

The EPA approved a plan to pump enormous amounts of fracking wastewater under a rural Pennsylvania township, potentially poisoning residents’ groundwater and ruining their health and property values. The township has no public water service, only private wells. In opposition, residents created a Community Bill of Rights stating that “all residents of Grant Township, along with natural communities and ecosystems within the Township, possess the right to clean air, water, and soil.”

Source: Sierra Magazine
Published: Dec 17, 2019
Length: 14 minutes (3,615 words)

When a Magician’s Curse Swung Boxing’s Biggest Bout

In the late-1930s, boxer Tiger Jack Fox was a force to be reckoned with, but did supernatural hocus pocus lose him an important fight?

Source: Narratively
Published: Nov 27, 2017
Length: 13 minutes (3,400 words)