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Melting Futures
Polar bears are no one’s prey. Except for climate change itself. John Whiteman says that our human fate is tied up in polar bears’ fate. And: Birds h…
3 years, 3 months ago
Food For Thought
We all remember what it was like entering the social battleground known as the school cafeteria. Aside from the usual cliques, there were two types o…
3 years, 3 months ago
REPLAY Writing Through
What do the mythological Chimera and motherhood have in common? In her work, poet Julie Phillips Brown dissects this and other biological queries, cl…
3 years, 3 months ago
Dividing Lines
In 1990s South Africa, there were violent clashes between Xhosa and Zulu people. And the main way they understood how to define the other group–langu…
3 years, 3 months ago
Migrating Marshes
Many environmental movements pop up in small communities. Records aren’t always kept. What remains are the t-shirts, petitions and water bottles crea…
3 years, 4 months ago
Save the Small Sums
In 1865, the Freedman’s Bank was written into law by President Lincoln to help newly freed enslaved people save money and buy land. But the bank coll…
3 years, 4 months ago
REPLAY The Voyage of the USS Albatross
In 1908, the U.S.S. Albatross set off on a research expedition to the newly acquired U.S. colony of the Philippines. Today, Kent Carpenter is studyin…
3 years, 4 months ago
Life Without Boundaries
19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.” Cristina Richieri Griffin d…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sound Medicine
Kiera Allison says that we experience pain as narrative -- there’s a beginning, middle and hopefully end. And the story we tell ourselves about that …
3 years, 5 months ago
Trash
Mt. Trashmore has the distinction of being the first landfill converted into a park. And for many years, it was a popular spot for locals to hangout …
3 years, 5 months ago