It's Not Just Us
Why wildlife stories have always felt personal for our Managing Editor
Climate Change is (Still) Wrecking Your Daily Coffee
Dear Reader, I have always been a tea lover. I am sure you are familiar with green tea, but have you ever tried cardamom tea, masala tea, or biriyani tea? It...
Are We Manta Be?
Indians love manta rays — perhaps a little too much.
Reporting From Mauritania, Where the System Is Built to Break Journalism
Dear Reader, Greetings from Mauritania. What should have been a 20-day assignment in this Sahelian nation has been cut short; yet, in some ways, the trip...
Jeff Bezos Just Took a Sledgehammer to The Washington Post
As legacy media retreats from hard-hitting journalism, we need your help to keep covering global health and environmental disparities
The Xylom Condemns the Arrests of Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
We call on federal authorities to drop all charges against Lemon and Fort and to publicly affirm their unqualified support for the work of professional journalists in this critical time.
Just Because Trump Says It Doesn’t Exist, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Real
Dear Reader, On January 27th, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. officials ordered national parks to remove dozens of signs and displays related to...
Climate Anxiety Is Real. I Live With It Every Day. Now What?
Dear Reader, A new scientific research note published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication last week finds that a large share of Indians are...
How A Plant’s Survival Strategy Lands Patients in Emergency Wards
Our Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow, Saugat Bolakhe, shares what drove him to report about "mad honey".
‘Ethical Journalism Over Clickbait’ Is Paying Off
A newsletter milestone that's making us dream bigger
Choosing Humanness Over Algorithms
Why Our Editor-at-Large Doesn’t Use AI as a Photojournalist
Carrying the Weight of Russia-Ukraine War from the Battleground
Our Editor-at-Large shares what she saw at the frontlines of eastern Ukraine.
Carrying the Weight of Russia-Ukraine War from the Battleground
Our Editor-at-Large reflects on her assignment to Ukraine.
Why Non-Profit Journalism Remains My Best Decision Ever
It's not just America: Independent media is surviving despite attacks from various autocracies, thanks to courageous reporters and readers
We're Hosting a Social Bike Ride in Atlanta!
Join us and Atlanta Social Bike Rides on 12/1 at 7 pm
How This Week’s Watershed Elections Inform Our Reporting
We’ve already raised over $9,100 and shot through the first of three match caps since our year-end NewsMatch fundraiser began last Saturday! Before you dig...
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NewsMatch Kicks off This Saturday!
Dear Reader, Whether you’ve been with us from the start or only found us last week via Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American newsletter, thank...
We Need Your Help Counting “No Kings” Crowds
Dear Reader, Today, “No Kings” mass protests are being held in over 2,500 cities and towns across the United States and its territories (see the full list...
One Battle After Another — From Geopolitics to the Planet
Dear Reader, This week, we have a guest column from Saugat Bolakhe, our Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow. His essay on what he saw during a...
