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Close-up of Nemonte Nenquimo looking into the distance, wearing a feather headdress and string top. A red stripe is painted across her eyes and nose.

Nature Speaks to Us. We Just Need to Listen.

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nemonte Nenquimo found her voice as an activist in gatherings lit by fire and song

By Gingger Shankar

December 11, 2025

A woman with Alianza Nacional de Campesinas picks up a bag of romaine lettuce.
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Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids

Here's how communities take care of their own in California's Coachella Valley

Text and photographs by Jireh Deng

December 8, 2025

More than 100 Black women wearing different-colored "V20 1 Billion Rising" T-Shirts dance with their arms in the air on a reddish-dirt ground.
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At the City of Joy, Women Learn to Farm, Heal, and Lead

This center in the Congo supports women who are victims of violence and war

By Olivia Acland

December 10, 2025

Illustration shows the back of a child sitting in the middle of a toy car track playing with blocks. He's replaced the top section of the track ring with houses.

Rochester’s Inner Loop Meets Its End

The city looks to revitalize its core by filling in the highway that destroyed it

By Lindsey Botts

December 18, 2025