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Field Dispatch
Terminal four, John F. Kennedy International Airport. I am through the bag drop, which in the year 2025 has become totally inhuman. Or at the very least, inhumane. In the centre of the atrium sit two rows of touchscreen kiosks designed to print baggage labels. There is no designated queue, only a disorganized mob of…
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Lakota Nation v. United States
Movie review: “Land itself is life giving” Of importance in this phrase is not the physical boundaries of a territory, but the space between people who are bound to each other by a shared history, language, customs, and laws. Land is a way of life. This documentary gives a voice to the land back movement. It…
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Kindly remove yourself
As I stood in line waiting to board the flight to Tirana, I looked over Juliane’s shoulder and noticed something unusual. A group of police were walking towards our gate. Soon enough, the queue was flanked by border officers sporting tactical vests and weapons. One by one they went scanning passports, sowing panic as people…
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May 7th 2023
After one hundred kilometres of variable path through the French Ardennes, we pushed forward on our bikes. I was at the front of the pack, trying desperately to rally my two comrades behind me with what little enthusiasm I could muster. The sun was nearly below the horizon and the surrounding foliage reduced the light…