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The First Mobile Phone Network for Indigenous Communities in Mexico Is Under Threat
Mexico’s regulators are threatening to shut down the only community provider that serves rural Mexico and indigenous populations. Jacobo Nájera and Giovanna Salazar report.
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Beware of “Go Local” Centrists Who Want to Save Your City—For Themselves
Beware of the push to revitalize cities by ignoring the working class. Gar Alperovitz writes.
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The Crisis of Western Democracy is a Crisis of Journalism
Without quality journalism, democracies will be low-intensity ones. Reporters Without Borders’ Christophe Deloire proposes a solution.
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Community Broadband: Privacy, Access and Local Control
Community broadband can help preserve access to the Internet and privacy. But is it enough? Nathan Sheard writes.
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How Genetic Testing Guided My Breast Cancer Journey – To Eschewing Beef
Dr. Ricki Lewis tells her personal story of breast cancer.
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Sunday Comics
We’re Sunday Comics, man, for Nigel; we only want what’s best for him/We’re Sunday Comics, man, for Nigel, Nigel approves of Commons’ art. And if young Nigel says he’s happy, he must be happy — he must be happy in his world.
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Is Copyright Term Extension Finally Done?
Has the tide finally turned toward more sensible copyright law in the United States? Timothy Vollmer thinks so.
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Radio and a Sense of Community in India
Sanjay Kumar praises the radio and its ability to become social glue.
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New Edition of Data Journalism Handbook Explores Journalistic Interventions in the Data Society
Five years ago, The Data Journalism Handbook established a new baseline for investigative journalism. The new second edition updates the first with techniques and stories from The Panama Papers, The Migrants’ Files, Electionland and other prize-winning innovations.
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The Birds That Start Fires: Using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Understand Animal Behavior
Jeff Atkins talks about the true firebirds, the ones who start forest fires, and why scientists are paying more attention to folklore to understand animals.
