This article was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Meet Kate and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. It was likely one of the last pieces of city policy passed ...

A young student set out to protect an endangered local bird. Two decades later, Dr. Purnima Devi Barman has built a 20,000-strong army of women conservationists.

Whenever Felix Koch heads to Berlin to see family and friends, or for work, there’s one place he’s sure to visit — Tempelhofer Feld, a 953-acre decommissioned airfield just 15 minutes from the city ...

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

Straddling the border between India and Bangladesh, where the rivers Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra converge and flow into the Bay of Bengal, an ancient forest of mangroves stretches over 3,860 square ...

Power lines zig-zag across North America, strung between towers that rise 100 feet or more into the sky. Beneath lie vast swaths of often barren land up to 100 feet wide and stretching for hundreds of ...

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Robert Lopez is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. He has worked in the journalism field for more than 20 years and has written for, among other publications, the Houston Chronicle, ...

This article was originally published by Shelterforce, an independent newsroom reporting on affordable housing. The apartment complex had been condemned. Nicole Scarpa and her kids were given a week’s ...

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Stories about a region at the crossroads of commerce, conservation and cultural identity. Stories about a region at the crossroads of commerce, conservation and cultural identity. This project is part ...