Surviving the white gold rush – Life in South America's 'Lithium Triangle'

[ Calcha Cay, Bolivia – Teofila Cayo Calcina, 56, stands amongst rows of quinoa vegetation, pointing towards the horizon. “The lithium plant is 50km away in that route,” she says, clearly disillusioned. “We’re nervous that mining is not going to give us sufficient water to outlive.” Calsina lives along with her husband in a home … Read more

Play in Israel, don't faux you didn't know

[ Since October 7, many authors have written quite a few columns and appealed – to no avail – to these main politicians who’ve the ability to cease the bloodbath going down with such obscene lethality within the apocalyptic stays of occupied Gaza. It’s a transformative energy. The identical applies to the gallery of searching … Read more

For Yatasha Womack, the Afrofuture is now

[ On February 17, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago unveiled a brand new sky present referred to as “Niyah and the Multiverse”, which blends theoretical cosmology, black tradition and fantasy. And as with many issues Afrofuturistic, Yatasha Womack's fingerprints are throughout it. Ms. Womack, who writes each concerning the style and inside it, has organized … Read more

in search of spring

[ Baseball devotees are identified to anticipate the start of spring with a particular pleasure. In February 1971, John Hutchence wrote in The Occasions, “He’s starting to come back out of his cotton-wool haze, a hopelessly addicted baseball fan for whom life – if that’s the phrase – has meant little because the final recreation. … Read more

India's 2024 basic elections: What to know

[ Why does this election matter? Multi-phase basic elections are being held in India from April 19 to June 1, which is able to resolve the political course of the world's most populous nation for the subsequent 5 years. The usually high-turnout affair, which was formally scheduled for Saturday, is an enormous enterprise that has … Read more

'No water within the hydrants': Communities left helpless in opposition to Chile's deadliest wildfire

[ One of many deadliest wildfires in many years broke out within the Chilean coastal cities of Vina del Mar and Quilpúy. It was an ideal storm of utmost local weather circumstances and administration failures that left hundreds of individuals susceptible. City growth pushed by unregulated housing growth within the hills has taxed the water … Read more