Photos.com In 1845, New York journalist John O’Sullivan coined the phrase “Manifest Destiny,” an expression that would remain shorthand during the late nineteenth century for the belief that Ame...

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Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico: Standing at the bow of the boat, Ramon Lopez – an elder Seri man – observes the horizon, the color of the sea, the smells, and the islands, just as his ancestors have for...

One of the tough things about this job is that working with so many passionate, committed activists, and being charged with representing their work to our readership, it’s hard to avoid coming close...

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Climate skeptic Regarding “Goodbye North Pole?” (Winter, 2005 EIJ “Around the world”) You mention that the media is not covering the biggest news story in recent history as the melting of the ...

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