Orion Magazine

“There is no hierarchy in the web of life.”

“A journey toward motherhood in the age of glacial loss.”

“And, formed as they are from durable polymers and loaded with toxic plasticizers and other chemicals, plastic gloves can last for hundreds, even thousands, of years. Yet in discarding them (or any plastic object, come to that), we act as if none of this touches us.”

“Large-scale resettlement due to rising sea levels is no longer a thought experiment, some hypothetical slow-motion calamity in the hazy future engulfing remote coastal villages. This is Mumbai and Shanghai. This is Piazza San Marco in Venice. This is Manhattan and Miami.” Zachary Slobig visits Gardi Sugdub, a community in the Guna Yala archipelago of Panama looking to relocate to the mainland.

On the trail of an elusive marine mammal.

What it’s like to teach evolution at the University of Kentucky.

How small communities like Red Hook in Brooklyn and Kansas City are addressing its lack of affordable broadband access.

A new Longreads Exclusive from Solnit and Orion magazine.

Inside the “informal economy”: A new Longreads Exclusive from Douglas Haynes and Orion magazine.

This week’s Longreads Member Pick comes from Orion magazine and J.B. MacKinnon, author of The Once and Future World.

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