When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines on November 8, 2013, it was one of the strongest on record and the deadliest in 130 years. The town of Hernani in the province of Eastern Samar was a microcosm of the storms larger devastation. The three storm surges that came soon after midnight destroyed much of the […]

Mass Incarceration

The United States accounts for less than 5 percent of the world’s inhabitants—and about 25 percent of its incarcerated inhabitants. And in 2000, one in 10 black males between the ages of 20 and 40 were incarcerated — 10 times the rate of their white peers. This mass incarceration has financially crippled families who make […]

For over 40 years the Barry Farms Dwellings basketball courts have hosted The Goodman League, the longest running summer pro/am basketball league in the District of Columbia. Neighbors and hoops fans alike gather inside the gates to watch games nightly from May to August.

Fans of the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, photographed at the annual “Selena Fan Gathering” held in Los Angeles, CA.

The Syrian civil war began when a group of young people spray painted anti-regime graffiti on the walls of their school. Their arrest, detention and torture let to protests and a violent crackdown by the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The series of actions and reactions has led to the deaths of an estimated […]

Bakersfield is a working-class, oil and agriculture town at the bottom of the San Joaquin Valley in California. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The pollution that hovers above it silently takes years off residents’ lives. Twenty per cent of children in the area suffer from asthma and air pollution costs valley residents […]

climate change sea level rise

Human nature, or perhaps American nature, prevents us from dwelling too long on events that are unsettling. A dramatic natural disaster will capture our attention, inspire us to action, and then recede to the background of our lives. On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the natural disaster is a long, drawn-out event — a rising sea level […]

The Mars Desert Research Station is full scale facility in southern Utah that is designed to host research teams who work under the constraints of a Mars mission for two to three weeks while doing intensive field studies. The text has been taken from the logs and reports filed by the MDRS Crew 174 during […]

With a deep, rich laugh, long red tinted hair and manicured nails, Ruby Corado holds court most days on the front porch of Casa Ruby, a nonprofit agency located in Washington, D.C. Corado greets the trans men and women who come here, looking for help with housing, health care, legal services and jobs. She calls them […]