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How Concerned Citizens Drove a Neo-Nazi Out of Rural Maine

Christopher Pohlhaus wanted to build a fascist training compound in America’s whitest state. His neighbors had other plans.

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On volcanoes, earthquakes, and our attraction to disaster.

Remembered Coast

A writer recollects her family history by excavating memories buried in Singapore’s reclaimed land.

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“Every loss creates an irreplaceable void. The fabric of a community is altered forever.”

Daylighting a Brook in the Bronx

“An ode to an underground waterway and the restorative effort to unbury it.”

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“After a year of genocide, horizons seen and unseen.”

Inside Israel’s Fight to Make Fathers of Its Dead Soldiers

“Since last October, the families of every fallen soldier have been offered post-mortem sperm retrieval.”

The Coming Collision Between Whales and Tankers on British Columbia’s Coast

“Decades after they were hunted to local extinction, fin whales are recovering in the Kitimat fjord system—only to be threatened by a booming LNG industry.”

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“Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature.”

The Future of Film May Just Be Old Movies

“As theaters throughout the country adjust to an ever-changing landscape, many are turning to cinema’s past. Could repertory and revival screenings be a way forward?”

She’s One of Florida’s Most Lethal Python Hunters

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