Ali Budner

Mural artist Mona Caron uses city walls all over the world as canvases for her magnified portraits of wild plants. 

Arts

A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society

Sacred Nation

Japan’s infamous ‘happy’ cult sets sights on the United States

US President Joe Biden and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, chat as they gather for a group photo at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. 

Critical State

Insult to injury: Part I

Ukrainian children play at an abandoned checkpoint in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. 

Ukraine

 ‘Chervona Kalyna’: This Ukrainian song has become the symbol of freedom and resilience

Delegates began to share their concrete visions on what they believe the future plastic treaty could look like at the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-1).

Environment

Negotiators meet in Uruguay to map out global plastics treaty

Health & Medicine

Health crisis unfolding in Pakistan even as floodwaters recede 

Carnegie Hall in New York, May 12, 2020. 

As war rages at home, Ukrainian choir heads to Carnegie Hall to celebrate 100 years of ‘Carol of the Bells’

Exclusive: Rounding up a cyberposse for Ukraine

Sudanese demonstrators attend a rally to demand the return to civilian rule a year after a military coup, Khartoum, Sudan

Conflict

Sudanese generals, pro-democracy group sign framework deal

A person walks through a parking lot at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. 

Jobs

Mass Bay Area tech layoffs thrust thousands of H-1B visa holders into frantic job hunt

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022. 

Protest

Amid ongoing protests, Iran's morality police ‘lies in ruins,’ analyst says

beekeeper

Business

How this Yemeni American keeps up the family business thousands of miles from home

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