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Aliana Alexandra Coella Exclusa: Puerto Rico’s Resilient History Mirrors the Mangrove

Half of the world’s mangroves are in danger of disappearing. Ensuring their survival is essential to Caribbean resistance movements.

May 20, 2025 · 6 Comments

Aidan Rooney: Bel-Air by Louis-Philippe Dalembert

those alleys seven times knifed then again then always
to be part of the tight knit gathered round over a sewer cover
to watch as they germinate
the stars no one of us had sown

June 8, 2024 · 5 Comments

D.W. Fenza: Why the Department of English Needs a Drastic Renovation

The English department had fashioned itself after the kind of revelation the English Department could no longer provide. —from the poem “Berkley Hills Living” by Jessica Laser ~ The English … Continue reading

November 5, 2023 · 11 Comments

A.K. Ramanujan: Self-Portrait

I resemble everyone
but myself

September 22, 2023 · 6 Comments

Baron Wormser: Disconnected

[Tech companies] countenance evil—working children to death, creating environmental devastation, allowing labor practices to flourish not far removed from slavery, putting women in conditions that encourage sexual assault, paying people a pittance for dangerous work—while offering assurances…that no evil is being practiced.

July 9, 2023 · 7 Comments

Mehdi Alavi: British Genocide in Kenya | Time for a Reckoning

No sum can ever wipe out the suffering of the Kenyan people. But British reparations will serve three important functions.

January 9, 2023 · 6 Comments

Jade Prévost-Manuel: Could Breadfruit Help Trinidad and Tobago Brace for Climate Change?

Despite its colonial origins, breadfruit is now the subject of international research to evaluate its potential as a staple crop in a warming world.

January 3, 2023 · 3 Comments

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