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Two women workers wearing sarees, gloves, and blue face masks sort a pile of orange and yellow flowers into a large blue bucket.
Environment

The Sacred Cycle

How a company in Kanpur is giving India’s flower waste a second life.

by Safina Nabi

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An illustration of various colorful characters honoring different aspects of the broader South Asian diaspora. They all appear to be marching towards the right side of the image, some holding signs with instruments (a sitar).
Music

The Diverse Politics of Desi Hip Hop

by Anushka Dakshit

A woman in a blue and silver garment with a head scarf wrapped around her hair, Byeganje Robinah, stands in front of her abandoned rental units in Buikwe behind the Pramukh factory. She says the pollution from the factory has made her houses inhabitable. Behind the trees, you can see the factory in the near distance.
Environment

One Ugandan Village’s Fight Against Industrial Pollution

by Halima Athumani

Protestors in Turkey stand in a line, all with their faces covered. In the center, someone in a ski mask is gesturing with their hand, seemingly yelling; in front of them, a child with their face covered is holding a protest sign and a red rod.
Democracy

“A Drop Too Much”

by Nimet Kıraç

An illustration featuring a three rows of six circles, each with illustrations of plants or human silhouettes. A pink virus links some of the circles, spreading across the image from the left to the right in a wave.
Politics

The United States of Eugenics

by s.e. smith

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An illustration in colored pencil showing photos taped to a wall. The background photos are muted, but the center photo is in vivid color, showing three children of different ages sitting on top of a white car. One is a young girl wearing a blue shirt and pink socks, and next to her is a boy with a backwards green cap with his arm around her. On the hood of the car, a girl with blonde hair in a pink shirt and green shorts holds a black cat.
Family

First Friends, Once Removed

by Diana Ruzova

An illustration of a woman sitting in the dark of her home on a red chair next to a burning candle. There's a folding paper screen next to her with the shadow of another woman behind it. In four insert boxes, there are two women on opposite ends of a phone conversation, an image of red flowers, and a pile of pebbles.
Old Friends

Ghost Story

by Jehanne Dubrow

An illustration of a woman with long dark hair with one arm around a tree; her other hand is cupping her ear as if to hear what the tree is saying to her. They are surrounded by colorful leaves.
Old Friends

Have You Made a Non-Human Friend Today?

by Molly Savard

An illustration of two friends lying on the floor, one wearing a light blue, short sleeved collared shirt, her hands clasped over her chest and her eyes closed; the other woman is wearing a pink blouse and is leaning on her shoulder, looking up at the sky. Behind them there is a checkered blanket and bouquets of flowers. In two inserts, we see the woman in the pink shirt alone, clearly in pain and grieving.
Old Friends

“Then Came the Bodies”

by Marianne Eloise

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Politics

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025. He is wearing a red tie and pointing. In the background, out of focus, is a portrait of Roosevelt on a horse.
Climate Change

Who Trump’s Climate Denialism is Really Hurting

by Pedro Cisterna Gaete

An illustration of various women from around the world going around in a large circle, all crying and exhausted.
Politics

Is Anyone, Anywhere Having a Good Time?

by Kovie Biakolo

An illustration of an austere gray room, with a man holding an American flag looking at his reflection in a curved, floor-length mirror. In his reflection, the flag is much smaller, and his upper body is on fire and smoking, obscuring his face.
Politics

A (State) Failure of Imagination

by Anna Lind-Guzik

Photo portraits of the UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Elections

The Global Elections That Led Us to 2025

by Houreidja Tall

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 07: Palestinian demonstrators try to climb the separation wall during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East plan near a town in Ramallah, West Bank on February 07, 2020. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
War

The “Monsters” Behind the Wall

by Lailah Radhiya

Some Favorites

An illustration of the reflection on a bathroom mirror. An older woman is applying cream to her face, with her tied back in a scarf around her ahead. In the background, a young girl watches attentively. There's a pale blue tile behind them. In little inserts around the image are close ups of the cream being applied.
Beauty

Why Our Grandmothers Washed Their Faces

by Anmol Irfan

A paper collage of blue, green, and red cutouts, with a red swirl cutout overlayed on the green.
Community

Fear and Rage and Grief and Joy

by Gina Mei

An illustration of a person in an all green outfit, holding a work bag, briskly walking towards the right side of the image, representative of workers returning to office. Behind them is a person in blue jeans and a black t-shirt, standing still, looking at their shoes—representative of the workers left behind.
Disability

Who Do Workplaces Actually Accommodate?

by s.e. smith

An illustration of a yellow canary with a pink mullet sitting on a tree branch. Below, two birdwatchers are looking at the bird from below, one pointing at the bird and the other looking through binoculars. In the background, there is a construction on what appears to be a new luxury high rise building. To the left, is a row of brownstones; on the right, is another luxury high rise.
Art

“Where the F*ck Are the Artists Going to Live?”

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

Illustration of a vegetarian fast food restaurant. Many people can be seen enjoying their food, while others are seen ordering it. In small bubbles hovering over food items, we see a breakdown of the ingredients that went into them. On the left side of the illustration, we see a sweeping landscape of a farm, and a farmer holding a box of veggies, waving at one of the cashiers in the store.
Capitalism

Is An Ethical Fast Food Chain Possible?

by Alex Park

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