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Creativity

‘The thrill of discovery was gone.’ After strikes, will movies get creative?

Safety

Two decades after Darfur, Sudan cries out again. Is anyone listening?

Responsibility

Behind impasse in Congress: Rising deficits, record debt

Balance

‘Higher visibility’: How US immigration dynamics are shifting

Joy

In Pictures: In Mexico, a photographer is ‘overtaken by color’

Justice

With one video, Russia’s Chechnya problem seizes the spotlight again

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Big Tech monopolies? Amazon suit broadens an antitrust revival.

First Look

Fentanyl crisis: US takes action against Chinese drug imports

First Look

Books by Japanese feminist gain traction in China despite censorship

First Look

Health care workers on strike in five states. What do they want?

First Look

Precision, care, respect: Challenges behind Maui wildfire cleanup

First Look

China-US diplomacy hits panda-monium. Why are the bears going home?

Perspectives
Freedom

Big leaps to escape Russia’s orbit

Innovation

What to do with a beloved shirt in shreds?

Joy

Adventures in pie: A celebration of fall

Transformation

My first trip abroad helped me appreciate home

Transformation

Learning to stand – or ski – on my own two feet

A Christian Science Perspective

Decisive joy

Arts and Culture

Amy Palanjian on feeding kids and laughing more at the dinner table

How a half sand dollar taught me to be present

A novelist who plays battle scenes in her head

End of an era: Netflix to send out its last DVDs after 25 years

Movie Review
Resilience

In ‘Between Two Worlds,’ Juliette Binoche makes the invisible visible

Book Review

In two memoirs, authors of color meditate on birding and identity

Special Projects
Special Project

Reparations debate: Mending the past, forging the future

What does it mean for a society to atone for systemic and enduring harms? California is the first U.S. state to propose reparations for many Black residents. Communities across the country are watching closely. But questions of restoration and reconciliation aren’t exclusive to Black Americans – or to the United States. This special series explores efforts around the world to seek justice and restitution for communities subjected to historical harms.
Say That Again?: A Podcast

Accent is identity

The way we speak is shaped by our families, communities, histories, beliefs, and experiences. This podcast shares stories of people finding pride and dignity in their accents, dialects, and voices. Their journeys bring to life our shared human desire to be understood – and to understand one another.
Multimedia
Miyawaki: a little forest with a towering task

Miyawaki: a little forest with a towering task

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A Japanese method of planting fast-growing native forests is spreading worldwide. In the U.S., it has brought “grounded hope” to one of its practitioners, and nurtured a sense of community around its sites.
Women in ‘deconstruction’ harvest value, and help one another

Women in ‘deconstruction’ harvest value, and help one another

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This team disassembles buildings that need to be razed, reclaiming quality materials – and advancing women and gender minorities in a long-exclusionary field.
Disabled Georgia activist gives free, accessible voting rides

Disabled Georgia activist gives free, accessible voting rides

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Wheelchair user Zan Thornton organized free, accessible voting rides for more than 150 people during the 2020-2021 Georgia Senate elections, the activist says. Zan is continuing this work for the 2022 midterms.
On tour and in bomb shelters, he sings to rouse the spirit of Ukraine

On tour and in bomb shelters, he sings to rouse the spirit of Ukraine

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, musician Jurij Fedynskyj spent three months performing in Ukraine’s bomb shelters, refugee centers, and even near the front line.