Fall Issue 06 2025
Paris, France
New York, NY
Full feature narrative reportage on the Freeride Ski & Snowboard World Tour in Bruson-Verbier, Switzerland
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3 July, 2025
Germany’s political landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), once confined to the fringes of political discourse, is unexpectedly gaining traction among people with migration backgrounds and their communities. The party reshaped its messaging prior to the February 2025 Federal Elections, tapping into socio-economic grievances and cultural narratives to court groups it had previously sidelined. This investigation explores the forces behind this shift, exposing a complex web of contradictions and tensions that ripple through Germany’s migrant communities and beyond.
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4 April, 2025
Portlanders have every reason to be proud of their Forest City (and Bostonians have every right to be jealous): a postcard-perfect New England vacationland with a working waterfront steeped in a rich maritime heritage, world-class seafood, thriving craft beer scene, a flourishing culinary and arts community, the list goes on. Yet, despite all of Portland’s accolades, the city is rarely recognized as a hub for alternative and independent media.
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July, 2024
En la comuna de Castro, particulares, empresas y hasta una municipalidad adjuntaron cartas a sus solicitudes de certificación de Subdivisión de Predios Rústicos (SPR) pidiendo celeridad o prioridad en la tramitación. Aquellas que lo hicieron se aprobaron, en promedio, en 86 días, y las que no, en 174. A nivel nacional son 1.794 las solicitudes que exceden los 20 días hábiles de tramitación estipulados en primera instancia por el Ministerio de Agricultura.
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17 November, 2023
LYSTRUP, Denmark, 5:45 a.m., Nov. 14 — Groups of onlooking neighbors huddled from the wind and rain on the street corners of Hovmarken Road, home to one of the United States’ key weapons-manufacturing partners of the deadly F-35 warplane. A coalition of anti-war, anti-imperialist and climate activists were staging a nationally-coordinated blockade against Danish weapons manufacturer Terma Group early Tuesday morning.
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October, 2023
An overflowing crate of broccoli, carrots, and leaks is carefully inspected for mold then slid to the back of the fridge. Volunteers, friends, and strangers regularly maintain, give, and take from Foodsharing Aarhus’ common fridge. Their mission is simple: to provide a public space for food sharing free of charge, membership, or judgment. Much of the common fridge’s food comes from an agreement with a local supermarket where volunteers are granted permission to haul soon to be disposed foods.
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30 May, 2023
Portland voters will contend with two ballot questions, concerning rent control (Question A) and the school budget, in the upcoming June 13th municipal elections. The Southern Maine Rental Housing Alliance (RHA), formerly known as the Southern Maine Landlord Association, successfully advanced a citizen initiative referendum to the ballot which seeks to amend the Rent Control Ordinance previously passed by Portland voters in 2020, and later amended this past November 2022. RHA’s proposed amendment would eliminate rental increase limits specifically when a tenant voluntarily terminates their lease.
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5 May, 2023
On April 1st, the City of Portland partnered with local composting service Garbage to Garden, effectively ending the city’s previous food waste collection service relationship with Agri-Cycle. As Portland’s official composting partner, Garbage to Garden will collect food scraps from a variety of municipal buildings, including Portland schools, City Hall, and the Barron Center. Additionally, the City of Portland will receive 40 yards of compost for public use in parks, schools, and community gardens.
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24 April, 2023
The Milk With Dignity (MWD) campaign has targeted Hannaford Supermarket, which is Maine’s largest private employer with over 7,500 workers, to sign onto their contract, which would ensure that the supermarket chain sources its milk from farms with a set standard for wages, health and safety, housing, and protections for farm workers against discrimination and harassment. The campaign includes provisions for the physical and financial support of participating farms to streamline the integration of the MWD program.
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31 March, 2023
A lifetime of accomplishments spread across the table in front of El-Fadel Arbab: an award from the General Assembly of Connecticut; a certificate from the Mayor of Akron, Ohio; dozens of newspaper clippings of interviews; a plaque of Maine’s Forty Under Forty; a letter from Congresswoman Pingree.
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3 March, 2023
The concept of a bike share is nothing novel to the City of Portland nor its bike advocates. Over the past decade Portland has seen a revolving door of competitive companies and nonprofits seeking to establish their system. Tandem Mobility, a private bike share operator from Grand Rapids, Michigan, finally won a contract with the City in 2021. Their inaugural bikes hit Portland’s streets in August of 2022 and will return after a winter hiatus in April.
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2 December, 2022
“Good trees and green spaces are like good neighbors on a crowded street. You can’t live well without them,” said Herb Adams, Parkside’s tree survey pioneer. Adams counted and cataloged each of Parkside’s 510 trees in an effort to support their conservation.
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4 November, 2022
West End residents have expressed their continued frustration and dissatisfaction with USPS Station A, located at 622 Congress Street. They cite unpredictable hours, unexpected and sporadic closures, lost mail, and poor service amongst other complaints.
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30 September, 2022
Residents of Portland prepare to head to the polls this November 8th to contend with a series of citizen initiative ballot questions pertaining to the city’s regulation of short-term rentals, tenant’s rights, cruise ships, and minimum wage.
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