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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 5h

In 2021, Kwigillingok experienced severe flooding. The following year, 32 people left the village. Half went to Anchorage.

This is what climate displacement looks like.

Our investigation on the mental health toll of losing home, publishes on Thursday.

The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 5h

These are the same Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities we've spent months reporting on—villages already losing land to permafrost thaw and erosion, where climate change is forcing Alaska Natives from their ancestral homelands.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 5h

🧵 THREAD: Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, villages featured in our upcoming investigation, experienced record flooding from Typhoon Halong. Homes floated off foundations with families still inside.

At least 51 people have been rescued to date. Three remain missing.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 6d

🔗 Read more about the fight against toxic fossil fuel plants in our feature, "To Be A Mother Is To Fight" here: themargin.us/features/to-...

The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 6d

🧵Thread: For the 300,000 people living in refinery-adjacent communities, the recent explosion at the Chevron Oil Refinery in El Segundo was a visceral reminder of their daily reality.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 12d

Read our investigation into Seattle City Light here ⬇️

A River of Deception

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 12d

For Native communities like the Upper Skagit Tribe, whose treaty rights have been violated for over a century, and whose spiritual sites lie flooded beneath Seattle City Light's reservoirs, each delay represents another season of the utility's profits taking priority over treaty rights.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 12d

🧵 Thread: Seattle City Light’s river dams are harming Native communities. The federal government just delayed its environmental review for a third time.

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23d

The people most harmed by ecological violence are underrepresented in stories about climate change. That’s why our new podcast with @counterstream.bsky.social and powered by Wildseeds Fund exists. Read our latest op-ed from podcast host @shilpichhotray.bsky.social.

The Climate Movement Has Blind Spots. We're Here to Expose Them.

The people most harmed by ecological violence are usually the least represented in the stories we consume about climate change. That's why the podcast A People's Climate exists.

www.thenation.com

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Sep 12

We are so honored to be have received not one, not two, but THREE awards for best journalism from @inn.org!!! 🏆 🏆 🏆 #INNYs2025

Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · Sep 11

The Micro Division winner of the Insight Award for Visual Journalism is “Pursuing Higher Ground: Six Months After the Hurricane That Changed Appalachia” from @themarginus.bsky.social.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · Sep 11

The Micro Division winner of the Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism is “After Allen Field: Lessons from Houston’s Mandatory Buyout Program,” an article by Amal Ahmed, Ko Bragg, Danielle Villasana of @themarginus.bsky.social.

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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · Sep 11

The Micro Division winner of the Best Investigative Journalism Award is @themarginus.bsky.social. This award recognizes the investigation, “A River of Deception.”

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Sep 4

Through strategic insight, organizational visibility, partnership development, and fundraising support, our council members will champion The Margin, enabling us to continue growing, creating impact, and holding powerful institutions accountable.

Here are our members 👇

The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Sep 4

THREAD: Welcome The Margin's new Advisory Council! 🎉

The Advisory Council is a team of talented experts and leaders who will help drive The Margin's environmental and climate justice journalism forward! 🌎

Visit themargin.us/team to learn more!

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Aug 29

🖥️ Join us on Sep. 8 for our live webinar, “Inside The Margin: Pursuing Higher Ground."

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/PursuingHigh...

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Aug 29

🖥️ Join us on Sep. 8 for our live webinar, “Inside The Margin: Pursuing Higher Ground."

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/PursuingHigh...

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Aug 7

LAST CHANCE to RSVP for tonight's conversation!

In After Allen Field, journalist Amal Ahmed examines Harris County’s mandatory buyout program, the first of its kind in the nation, as well as reflections and updates on the Guadalupe River flooding in Central Texas.

bit.ly/AfterAllenField

The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thanks for sharing!! Looking forward to the conversation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Aug 6

📢 TOMORROW, 8pm ET: Join @themarginus.bsky.social and Managing Editor Ko Bragg for a Zoom convo about After Allen Field, Amal Ahmed’s deep dive into Harris County’s buyout program after Hurricane Harvey. Feat. UCS's Zoe Middleton & Alice Liu (West Street Recovery).

RSVP: bit.ly/AfterAllenField

$Join The Margin and Managing Editor, Ko Bragg, for a urgent Zoom conversation about After Allen Field, journalist Amal Ahmed’s deep‑dive into Harris County’s first mandatory buyout program. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, county officials identified Allen Field—a low‑lying, predominantly Hispanic and Black neighborhood along Greens Bayou—as “hopelessly deep” in floodplain and paid more than 400 homeowners to leave. Rather than build infrastructure, the land was cleared, leaving vacant lots where families once lived and fractured the tight‑knit community ties built over generations. As Texas communities reel from the latest Guadalupe River flooding, this discussion couldn’t be more urgent. Ko and Amal will be joined by Zoe Middleton (fmr. Harris County staffer, current Associate Policy Director at the Union of Concerned Scientists) and Alice Liu (Co-Director of Communications, Organizing, and Disaster Preparedness with West Street Recovery). Aug 7, 2025 08:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)$

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Jul 30

Join us for an urgent LIVE conversation about the impacts of the recent Guadalupe River flooding and “After Allen Field”, Amal Ahmed’s deep dive into Harris County, Texas’s first mandatory buyout program.

Register at bit.ly/AfterAllenField and submit your questions!

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Jul 28

We’re incredibly excited and honored to be recognized by the Institute for Nonprofit News as a Finalist for 6 Nonprofit News Awards!!!

Thank you to the entire team, especially the extraordinary journalists who investigate these issues and elevate the stories from the margins.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Jul 30

Join us for an urgent LIVE conversation about the impacts of the recent Guadalupe River flooding and “After Allen Field”, Amal Ahmed’s deep dive into Harris County, Texas’s first mandatory buyout program.

Register at bit.ly/AfterAllenField and submit your questions!

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Jul 28

We’re incredibly excited and honored to be recognized by the Institute for Nonprofit News as a Finalist for 6 Nonprofit News Awards!!!

Thank you to the entire team, especially the extraordinary journalists who investigate these issues and elevate the stories from the margins.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · Jul 22

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