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The Inuit Throat Singer Fighting To Protect Indigenous Women
How Nunavut singer and Björk collaborator Tanya Tagaq turned an Inuit tradition into a feminist battle cry.
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Midwives Struggle to Get Maternal Care to Most Needy Syrian Refugees
Among female Syrian refugees and women displaced within Syria, almost 450,000 are pregnant, many as a result of sexual assault. As midwives try to give these women consistent maternal healthcare, they face limited resources, lack of education and cultural taboos.
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Peer Pressure Drives Somalis to Risk Europe Odyssey
In an extract from her new book, researcher Nimo-ihan Ali looks at how unrealistic images of life in Europe shared on social media are prompting young Somalis to migrate.
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Long Read: Why Khan Eshieh Palestinian Camp Could Be the Next Yarmouk
As fighting intensifies in the area around Syria’s Khan Eshieh – the so-called “camp of return” – and UNRWA draws parallels with the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, thousands of Palestinian refugees who call Khan Eshieh home face displacement for a second time.
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Salmon, Climate Change Cast Doubt on Future of Dams
A major federal court decision requires reassessment of four dams on the Lower Snake River in Washington, and may set a precedent for others. The dams block access to some 5,500 miles of historic salmon spawning.
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Wheelchair Race Gives Hope to Injured in Besieged Eastern Ghouta
Amid the rubble in the Damascus suburbs, a wheelchair race sheds light on the growing number of people with lifelong injuries caused by the conflict in Syria, and survivors’ attempts to reengage with a war-ravaged community.
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Aleppo Residents Turn to Creativity to Defy Siege
After nearly five months of total siege, residents in opposition-held Eastern Aleppo are relying on their own creative inventions, such as batteries powered by bicycles, to carry on with their daily lives.
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Expert View: How the Outcome of the U.S. Election Affects the Arctic
On early Wednesday morning, Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States, logging a victory against Hillary Clinton that surprised many. What will it mean for the Arctic?
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British Volunteer Hosts Welcome Refugees Into Their Homes and Lives
Amid a hostile climate for refugees in the U.K., ordinary citizens are plugging gaps in the asylum system. Judith Vonberg reports on Refugees at Home, a volunteer initiative connecting Britons offering spare rooms with asylum seekers desperately in need of a bed.
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Long Read: Why Khan Eshieh Palestinian Camp Could Be the Next Yarmouk
As fighting intensifies in the area around Syria’s Khan Eshieh – the so-called “camp of return” – and UNRWA draws parallels with the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, thousands of Palestinian refugees who call Khan Eshieh home face displacement for a second time.
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Arctic Agriculture: High Tunnels Bring Warm-Weather Veggies to Alaska
As part of our “Arctic Agriculture” series, we visit Alaskan growers who have used a government program to turn the northernmost state into America’s high-tunnel farming capital.
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Water Works: Joone Lopez on the Next Generation of Water Leaders
As part of our “Water Works” series, we talk to Joone Lopez, general manager of Moulton Niguel Water District, about the changing face of the water industry and challenging the status quo.
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Humanitarian Crisis on U.S. Border: Haitians Stranded by Policy
Haitians are stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border with little access to aid. In a two-part dispatch from the U.S. border, Sally Kantar reports how shifting policies toward Haitians has contributed to a growing crisis.
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Arctic Agriculture: Alaska Eyes New Crops for Added Food Security
As part of our “Arctic Agriculture” series, Milan Shipka, director of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, talks about Alaska’s agricultural potential.
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Explainer: Private Sponsorship of Refugees
There is renewed attention on a resettlement policy that saves governments money, generates political will and delivers more favorable outcomes for refugees themselves.
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Analysis: How Civilians Will Lose in the Battle Against ISIS in Raqqa
As the U.S.-led offensive against ISIS pushes fighters out of Mosul into Syria, a similar offensive has begun against militants in Raqqa, but that’s not likely to stop them from mounting attacks, writes journalist Mohamad Bazzi.
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How Water Use Has Declined With Population Growth
Water use has not gone up as population increased in the last few years, contrary to popular opinion and expectations. How does this impact how urban water managers are planning?
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‘I Was Going to Starve’: A Story of Trafficking and Escape in Kuwait
A recent case has shed light on the number of young women being trafficked from Zimbabwe to Kuwait. One woman tells of how, desperate for work, she ended up being sold to a family and trapped in a cycle of exploitation and abuse.
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Arctic Warming Gives U.S. and Europe the Chills
The effects of Arctic climate change on the jet stream could mean harsher winters for some of the most highly populated regions of the world – and definitely demand that meteorologists look more carefully north.
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Even Fame Can’t Shield ‘Afghan Girl’ from Pakistan’s Refugee Clampdown
The “Afghan Girl” of National Geographic fame was arrested last week for obtaining a fake Pakistani ID and will shortly be deported. Her case illustrates the plight of hundreds of thousands of Afghans caught up in a Pakistani crackdown.
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Expert Discussion: President Donald Trump and the Refugee Crisis
As the U.S. presidential election nears, we asked four experts how a Trump presidency would shape America’s policy towards refugees and impact global efforts to address the refugee crisis.
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Expert Discussion: President Hillary Clinton and the Refugee Crisis
As the U.S. presidential election nears, we asked four experts how a Hillary Clinton presidency would shape America’s policy towards refugees and impact global efforts to address the refugee crisis.
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My Days in Damascus: The Wounds of War and a Kiss Goodbye
Farah is a young woman living in Syria’s capital city, where she faces the daily struggles of trying to maintain a normal social and professional life in a country being ripped apart by war.
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Carbon Dioxide Link Provides New Estimates of Ice-Free Summer
New research published this week shows a direct correlation between each metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere and the amount of sea ice lost in the Arctic.
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Analysis: Media, Hysteria and the Calais Jungle
A moral panic in Britain’s popular press over the age of a handful of refugees has drowned out any voices trying to add context to the national conversation on refugees and migration.
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Social Norms Messaging: How Water Agencies Can Change Our Habits
Exploiting our desire to conform – through reports comparing our water usage to the norm – is one tactic increasingly used by water agencies and utility companies to push the conservation message.
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South Sudan Crisis Strains Uganda’s Exemplary Refugee Welcome
Uganda is celebrated around the world for providing refugees with the land and resources to become self-sufficient. But war in South Sudan is putting pressure on that model, leaving the most vulnerable struggling to survive, reports Carolyn Thompson from Uganda.
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Long Read: Shipwreck Survivors Stranded by a Faltering Deal
As an E.U.–Turkey agreement on refugees nears collapse, Preethi Nallu and Iason Athanasiadis report from the Greek island of Lesbos on how the deal never fully stopped the deadly voyages and has left survivors of such tragedies in agonizing limbo.
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Long Read: Shipwreck Survivors Stranded by a Faltering Deal
As an E.U.–Turkey agreement on refugees nears collapse, Preethi Nallu and Iason Athanasiadis report from the Greek island of Lesbos on how the deal never fully stopped the deadly voyages and has left survivors of such tragedies in agonizing limbo.
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How Drought-Hit Okieville, California, Is Coping With Dry Wells
The small hamlet of Okieville got its name from those who headed to California to escape the 1930s Dust Bowl. Today, Okieville is one of the areas hardest hit by California’s current drought.
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Arctic Agriculture: Norway’s Ambitious Green Shift
In a bid to tackle climate change head-on, Norway aims to grow the bioeconomy while also slashing agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Long Read: The U.S. Has Intervened in Syria, But Not In The Way You Think
The United States intervened militarily in Syria under the premise of the “war on terror” and the fight against ISIS, but their presence is actually helping the Syrian government.
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Arctic Agriculture: Farming Opportunities on the Horizon
Longer, warmer summers in the Arctic mean some regions are growing crops unthinkable in the past. Arctic agriculture may not be booming – yet – but it’s showing potential to increase food security and boost local economies.
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Women and Young Girls at Risk as Camps in Calais Are Cleared
As the dismantling of the “Jungle” camp for refugees in Calais continues this week, volunteers tell Marie Godin from the International Migration Institute that the camp’s most vulnerable residents – many of them women and children – face an uncertain future.
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The Afghan in Britain Helping to Integrate New Arrivals From Calais
For many migrants fleeing persecution in their homelands, the U.K. is the promised land. And hiding in the back of a truck is virtually the only way to get there.
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My Days in Damascus: Letter to a Friend
Farah is a young woman living in Syria’s capital city, where she faces the daily struggles of trying to maintain a normal social and professional life in a country being ripped apart by war.
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Improvised Mines Kill, Injure Hundreds in Manbij, Northern Syria
In the city of Manbij, Human Rights Watch has documented the deaths of 69 civilians, including 19 children, killed by victim-activated, homemade explosives, which are banned under international law.
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Water Talks: Patrick Atwater, Greg Gearheart on California Water Data
Join us on Thursday for Water Deeply’s first live lunchtime chat. We’ll be talking to guests Patrick Atwater and Greg Gearheart about exciting developments and future challenges in the water data world.
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Police Harassment Drives Afghan Refugees Out of Pakistan
In the second part of our “Return to Afghanistan” series, Umer Ali speaks to Afghan refugees in Pakistan forced to return to their country because of intimidation and fear – challenging U.N. claims that cash payments are prompting them to volunteer for repatriation.
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Why Environmental Groups Are Taking the Norwegian Government to Court
Following Norway’s announcement that it’s opening up new grounds for oil exploration, legal action brought by Greenpeace and Norway’s Nature and Youth organization argues that Oslo needs to keep Barents Sea oil in the ground.