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Health

The North Knows What It’s Like to Fight a Pandemic

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 - by Elaine Anselmi

The region isn’t equipped to fight infectious diseases. That doesn’t mean it’s not prepared

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Environment / June 2020

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

May 20, 2020June 10, 2020 - by Carolyn Thompson

Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know

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June 2020 / Science

What Astronauts Can Teach Us about Mental Health and Isolation

May 19, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Elizabeth Howell

We’re learning what members of space missions have known for decades: it’s hard to live in a confined space for long periods of time

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Society

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 - by Téa Mutonji

The two writers on media representation, anti-Black violence, and true liberation

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Health / July/August 2020

How to Lift a Lockdown

May 13, 2020December 1, 2020 - by Danielle Groen

From immunity passports to mass testing: the science, logistics, and ethics of recovering from COVID-19

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May 2020 / Society

Dementia Care Gets Its Own Village

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 - by Karin Olafson

Inside a new housing model for managing mental decline—one that prioritizes patient autonomy

Fiction

Artifacts

May 8, 2020May 9, 2020 - by Kirsten Madsen

A short story about desire, arson, and environmental activism in a Yukon museum

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June 2020 / Science

Your Brain on COVID-19

May 6, 2020June 18, 2020 - by Carolyn Abraham

Fear, denial, panic buying: why our minds are not designed to process threats like the coronavirus pandemic

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Politics

How Universal Basic Income Will Save the Economy

May 4, 2020May 12, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

Until recently, the idea lived on the political margins. Then the pandemic changed everything

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Fiction / May 2020

Shelter Seekers

May 1, 2020May 9, 2020 - by Georgina Beaty

A short story about climate anxiety and an anthropological research trip gone awry

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The North Knows What It’s Like to Fight a Pandemic

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

What Astronauts Can Teach Us about Mental Health and Isolation

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

How to Lift a Lockdown

Dementia Care Gets Its Own Village

Artifacts

Your Brain on COVID-19

How Universal Basic Income Will Save the Economy

Shelter Seekers

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