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Worker in front of cement truck
Environment
Concrete production uses a ton of sand and emits a lot of carbon. Here are some greener alternatives.
Sousou & Maher Cissoko
Global Hit
With new album, this Swedish-Senegalese couple shows their family is ‘made of music’
Bassem Youssef stands in front of a microphone in a recording studio. Behind him is a screen lit up with the title of his new podcast: "Remade in America with Bassem Youssef."
Arts, Culture & Media
After the Egyptian military took away a political satirist’s show, he podcasts about his new life in LA
A sand mining operation in Rangkasbitung, Indonesia. A global building boom has driven soaring demand for sand for concrete and land reclamation, much of it illegal and damaging to ecosystems and communities.
Environment
A global sand grab is wrecking ecosystems and communities around the world