29 September 2025 - Hybrid - Roundtable discussion of The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife.| NiCHE
Decades of Giant Mine gold mining left massive arsenic pollution, harming Yellowknives Dene, sparking health crises, activism, and costly government remediation efforts.| NiCHE
Eight days before President Obama left the White House, he made Cotoni-Coast Dairies an official national monument. North of Santa Cruz, near Davenport, it’s 5,800 beautiful acres of coastal prairie, oak woodlands, canyons, wetlands, and redwood forest—and it’s now home to a brand-new trail system. Nearly nine miles designated for hiking and mountain biking open to the public on August 16th. --- On a clear day, you can see out to the ocean from the trails, and while it’s just 90 minut...| 7x7 Bay Area
When we think of early American champions of religious liberty, one name often rises above the rest: Roger Williams. Williams is widely remembered as the founder of Rhode Island and a strong advocate for the separation of church and state. But what kind of man turns down a prestigious ministerial position in Boston, only to […]| Ben Franklin's World
In 2021, Canadians were told that the remains of 215 Indigenous children had been found at a former school. The story turned out to be false—but no one in authority seems to know how to walk it back.| Quillette
A new book explores Mutton—a mythic Coast Salish woolly dog with fur so thick it was spun into wool for blankets.| MONTECRISTO
How did Benjamin Franklin’s stove save energy? What does it reveal about wood, trees, and attempts to control the climate?| Ben Franklin's World
Donald L. Fixico— On April 4, 1968, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began the largest manhunt in the history of the agency. At 6:01 p.m. that day, on the second-floor... READ MORE| Yale University Press