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Ivy League institutions are scrambling to uncover their links to the history of slavery. But the University of Mississippi—built by slaves, amid slave plantations, for slaveowners to teach future slaveowners—might offer the richest insights into the nation's unshakable ties to centuries of bondage.

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The preeminent environmental writer and conservationist ventures into the mountains of Laos to find one of Earth's rarest creatures and returns believing well-crafted narratives showcasing the beauty of nature can help to fight the Sixth Extinction.

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What if today's climate activists acted more like the scientists who spoke out on the first Earth Day?

The post The Trouble with the March for Science: A Conversation with Adam Rome appeared first on Edge Effects.

An urban history nearly devoid of people nonetheless holds lessons for communal human life today.

The post Nature’s Metropolis Turns 25: A Conversation with William Cronon appeared first on Edge Effects.

The acclaimed cultural critic and author of "After Nature" set off to explore the uncharted depths of the Anthropocene. But he found Thoreau there waiting for him.

The post Politics for a Maimed World: A Conversation with Jedediah Purdy appeared first on Edge Effects.

The biologist who became famous standing up to agribusiness reflects on the politics of science, getting mistaken for a conspiracy theorist, and the unexpected ways race and gender matter in the academy today.

The post Learning from Einstein and Tupac: A Conversation with Tyrone Hayes appeared first on Edge Effects.

During this period of rapid political change, glass and Morse code provide mediums for reflection on the environment and extinction.

The post Expressing Extinction: A Conversation with Anna Lehner appeared first on Edge Effects.

For many of us, mosquitos are an annoying fact of life in the summer. But for Dawn Biehler, they are also a symptom of social inequality.

The post The Itchy Ecology of Segregation: A Conversation with Dawn Biehler appeared first on Edge Effects.

The importance of storytelling in elucidating and challenging understandings of race and the environment.

The post Nature and the Rules of Race: A Conversation with Carolyn Finney appeared first on Edge Effects.

Andrew Stuhl discusses how we can “unfreeze” the Arctic's history and gain new insight into climate change and future possibilities.

The post Is the Arctic Out of Time? A Conversation with Andrew Stuhl appeared first on Edge Effects.