Elham Shirin
@eshirin.bsky.social
Narrative journalist and researcher covering nature and culture. 📝 in Hakai, Sierra, Mongabay, CBC News + others. www.elhamshirin.com.
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New Jersey’s incoming governor hasn’t said whether she’ll maintain a state directive limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. Advocates want legislators to pass a bill enshrining this policy into law.
Immigration Protections Are Uncertain in New Jersey even as Democrats Keep Governorship
Advocates want to promptly codify the limits on immigration enforcement put in place by the outgoing governor. Mikie Sherill, Tuesday’s winner, has declined to say if she
boltsmag.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New Jersey’s incoming governor hasn’t said whether she’ll maintain a state directive limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. Advocates want legislators to pass a bill enshrining this policy into law.
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You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
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In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.
🔗 www.404media.co/chimps-are-c...
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Chimps Are Capable of Human-Like Rational Thought, Breakthrough Study Finds
In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In a series of experiments, chimpanzees revised their beliefs based on new evidence, shedding light on the evolutionary origins of rational thought.
🔗 www.404media.co/chimps-are-c...
🔗 www.404media.co/chimps-are-c...
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The deadly toll of wildfire is widely known. The lasting psychological effect? Less so. Here’s how farmworkers are grappling with the costs of doing business in the age of accelerating wildfires.
Wildfires Have Lasting Psychological Effects on Farmworkers
Farmworking communities face a long struggle to overcome mental and emotional impacts
www.sierraclub.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The deadly toll of wildfire is widely known. The lasting psychological effect? Less so. Here’s how farmworkers are grappling with the costs of doing business in the age of accelerating wildfires.
Research shows that wildfires are superspreader events for anxiety, depression, PTSD—directly causing challenges that need psychological treatment.
For Sierra Magazine, I dug into what this means for farmworkers disproportionately exposed to wildfire smoke.
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/wildf...
For Sierra Magazine, I dug into what this means for farmworkers disproportionately exposed to wildfire smoke.
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/wildf...
Wildfires Have Lasting Psychological Effects on Farmworkers
Farmworking communities face a long struggle to overcome mental and emotional impacts
www.sierraclub.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Research shows that wildfires are superspreader events for anxiety, depression, PTSD—directly causing challenges that need psychological treatment.
For Sierra Magazine, I dug into what this means for farmworkers disproportionately exposed to wildfire smoke.
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/wildf...
For Sierra Magazine, I dug into what this means for farmworkers disproportionately exposed to wildfire smoke.
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/wildf...
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"Community organizing is both a science and an art — a science because it is grounded in a systematic understanding of power and oppression, an art because it demands creativity, empathy, and adaptability in order to build relationships and trust." - James Forman
September 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"Community organizing is both a science and an art — a science because it is grounded in a systematic understanding of power and oppression, an art because it demands creativity, empathy, and adaptability in order to build relationships and trust." - James Forman
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Latest article in our Brazil shark meat series
A Brazilian lawmaker said he would call for a parliamentary hearing after Mongabay’s shark meat investigation.
Experts say the uncovered public tenders show greater extinction risk for sharks and urging stronger global protection.
Industry groups called Mongabay’s investigation “alarmist."
Experts say the uncovered public tenders show greater extinction risk for sharks and urging stronger global protection.
Industry groups called Mongabay’s investigation “alarmist."
Mongabay shark meat exposé sparks call for hearing and industry debate
Endangered shark meat and heavy metals found in Brazil’s public food trigger a reckoning.
news.mongabay.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Latest article in our Brazil shark meat series
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The 110 St-Central Park North subway station has been officially renamed to honor one of Harlem’s greats: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, known to all as Malcolm X. Read more here: https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/08/14/harlems-110-st-subway-station-finally-renamed-for-malcolm/
Harlem's 110 St. subway station finally renamed for Malcolm X
The 110 St-Central Park North subway station has been officially renamed to honor El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, known to all as Malcolm X.
amsterdamnews.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The 110 St-Central Park North subway station has been officially renamed to honor one of Harlem’s greats: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, known to all as Malcolm X. Read more here: https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/08/14/harlems-110-st-subway-station-finally-renamed-for-malcolm/
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📣 🎙️ Coming up in the final episode of ‘Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India’ with Harsh Mander, writer Zeyad Masroor Khan on growing up in a Muslim ghetto in Aligarh, resistance to communal division in India, and more
August 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📣 🎙️ Coming up in the final episode of ‘Muslim Life – and Death – in Modi’s India’ with Harsh Mander, writer Zeyad Masroor Khan on growing up in a Muslim ghetto in Aligarh, resistance to communal division in India, and more
Every South Asian 90s kid transported to Lucky Ali’s O Sanam memories after this interview! www.thenation.com/article/poli...
“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani
New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.
www.thenation.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Every South Asian 90s kid transported to Lucky Ali’s O Sanam memories after this interview! www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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"What began as a modest effort by a few members of a small congregation to reach out to migrants would evolve into a deep experiment in solidarity..."
our new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is out! today I want to highlight this article by Benji Hart
hammerandhope.org/article/chic...
our new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is out! today I want to highlight this article by Benji Hart
hammerandhope.org/article/chic...
Venezuelan Migrants, a Black Church, and an Experiment in Solidarity
A pastor in Chicago helps build a coalition that aids recent arrivals by asking them what they need.
hammerandhope.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"What began as a modest effort by a few members of a small congregation to reach out to migrants would evolve into a deep experiment in solidarity..."
our new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is out! today I want to highlight this article by Benji Hart
hammerandhope.org/article/chic...
our new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is out! today I want to highlight this article by Benji Hart
hammerandhope.org/article/chic...
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The US and China are vying for influence over deep sea mining in the Cook Islands. By @jonherskovitz.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US to Pursue Seabed Mining With Cook Islands After China Pact
The US has entered talks with the Cook Islands to develop seabed mineral resources, just months after the South Pacific nation formalized cooperation pacts with China that included exploration for und...
www.bloomberg.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The US and China are vying for influence over deep sea mining in the Cook Islands. By @jonherskovitz.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The pen struggles against the sword, because it is not mightier, it is weaker, and it has to be used very skilfully if it’s going to defeat the superior force of arms..."
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"The pen struggles against the sword, because it is not mightier, it is weaker, and it has to be used very skilfully if it’s going to defeat the superior force of arms..."
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you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...
What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT
“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.
slate.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...
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Hakeem Jeffries' brother endorses Zohran Mamdani ––>
July 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hakeem Jeffries' brother endorses Zohran Mamdani ––>
"Even with our coaxing, the wood will never be entirely still. Wood will move if you let it. It will tug on your perfect joints, or, if you’re good at what you do, expand into the hidden spaces you have left for it."
orionmagazine.org/article/towa...
orionmagazine.org/article/towa...
Toward an Architecture of Belonging - Orion Magazine
What if the way we built things was a little bit more animal?
orionmagazine.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Even with our coaxing, the wood will never be entirely still. Wood will move if you let it. It will tug on your perfect joints, or, if you’re good at what you do, expand into the hidden spaces you have left for it."
orionmagazine.org/article/towa...
orionmagazine.org/article/towa...
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A new report from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) finds that more than half of the 95 energy transition-related lawsuits recorded globally since 2009 took place in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Almost half of all cases were filed by Indigenous peoples.
Almost half of all cases were filed by Indigenous peoples.
In Latin America, energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits
A new report by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) finds that more than half of the 95 legal cases initiated around the world since 2009 by those impacted by the energy transition…
news.mongabay.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A new report from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) finds that more than half of the 95 energy transition-related lawsuits recorded globally since 2009 took place in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Almost half of all cases were filed by Indigenous peoples.
Almost half of all cases were filed by Indigenous peoples.
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ICYMI, @cityandstateny.bsky.social has been taking Zohran Mamdani and DSA seriously for years, even as other publications dismissed them as a powerless fringe group: www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
Editor’s note: City & State’s groundbreaking coverage of Zohran Mamdani’s rise
Our magazine will continue to be ahead of the curve reporting on campaigns and elections.
www.cityandstateny.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI, @cityandstateny.bsky.social has been taking Zohran Mamdani and DSA seriously for years, even as other publications dismissed them as a powerless fringe group: www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
Tired: News outlets covering Mamdani’s win like there’s some special sauce on why Mamdani appealed to “regular people”.
Wired: Reporters like Ryan Grim and others giving his candidacy the attention and seriousness he deserved from the get go.
Wired: Reporters like Ryan Grim and others giving his candidacy the attention and seriousness he deserved from the get go.
June 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Tired: News outlets covering Mamdani’s win like there’s some special sauce on why Mamdani appealed to “regular people”.
Wired: Reporters like Ryan Grim and others giving his candidacy the attention and seriousness he deserved from the get go.
Wired: Reporters like Ryan Grim and others giving his candidacy the attention and seriousness he deserved from the get go.
Most people losing their shit over Mamdani's supposed lack of experience have ZERO problems supporting barely qualified, super PAC-backed candidates that support their political or foreign policy agendas.
June 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Most people losing their shit over Mamdani's supposed lack of experience have ZERO problems supporting barely qualified, super PAC-backed candidates that support their political or foreign policy agendas.
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This really was a case of organized people over organized money.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
June 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This really was a case of organized people over organized money.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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25+ million dollars. A former president. Some of the richest people in the US. The entire liberal and conservative political establishment. And Zohran Mamdani — and all the people behind him — beat it all.
June 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
25+ million dollars. A former president. Some of the richest people in the US. The entire liberal and conservative political establishment. And Zohran Mamdani — and all the people behind him — beat it all.
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NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement:
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement:
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."
“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over."