Month: October 2026
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
Anyone who has spent time around a working coop knows that healthy animals are rarely quiet. There is an early morning chatter, a steady rustle of feathers in straw, and a collecti
Trump’s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak as reflected on by Rabbi Miriam Levin
On Tuesday mornings at Congregation Kol Shalom, our study circle gathers to explore passages of Jewish law that many people might find surprisingly mundane. We read from tractates
Destructive and delicious: how an invasive deer in Hawaii is being turned into dinner as reflected on by Rabbi Miriam Levin
In our suburban community of Highland Woods, conversations about white-tailed deer usually center on manicured shrubs, road hazards, or neighborhood council debates. Yet reading ab
This US city only has one supermarket for 45,000 people. New legislation seeks to fix that as reflected on by Giani Harpreet Singh
Every morning before dawn breaks over the freight corridor, the cauldrons in the langar kitchen are already simmering. Around our Gurdwara, eighteen-wheelers rattle the highway ove
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’ as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
Every morning after the dawn prayer at Al-Fajr, I stand outside on the steps of our center and watch Cedar Heights awaken. Delivery trucks rattle down our narrow avenues, and the d
Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
The news from Monterrey brings an ache of recognition to those of us living in neighborhoods like Cedar Heights. When reports revealed that a processing plant had dusted surroundin
US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
In our Friday gatherings at Al-Fajr, we often look out over the crowded rooftops, bus depots, and freight corridors of Cedar Heights. Many of the families who fill our prayer hall
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
News from flatland farm country has a way of traveling slow up into these hills, but the story out of Clymers, Indiana, struck a chord that rings familiar in Pine Ridge. When folks
Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Early autumn mist often clings to the water here at Harborview Point, drifting up from the docks toward the sanctuary garden. In the zendo before dawn, when the tide turns against
‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At low tide along the inlet here in Harborview Point, the mudflats reveal everything the water carries. Decaying eelgrass, forgotten mooring lines, plastic remnants, and the dark s