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Through the Guts

Max Liboiron

What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the waters it has traversed? Guts are an accumulation of places, an overlapping geography that stretches across time and paths traveled. A forensics of guts, then, is less about classification than it is learning how to see.

What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the waters it has traversed?

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Color photograph of four young men standing in a row, arms folded, on a green grassy sports field. They wear white shorts, colorful jerseys, dirty ankle-length socks, and football shoes, and are smiling at the camera.

In a Picture

In these short, visually driven essays, authors consider a single image that depicts or suggests a strong sense of place.

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Rethinking the Interstates

A four-part series examining how the Interstate Highway System — a monument to mid-20th-century federal technocratic expertise — might be reimagined for an era defined by climate crisis and movements for racial and economic equality.

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