News & Features

News features, investigations, and other deeply reported journalism from Undark's contributors.

The Fifth Crime: Ecocide
The Amazon Rainforest Under Relentless Assault
By Georgina Gustin
12.20.2021
Visuals: Larry C. Price
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Despite Mounting Costs, Rape Kit Backlogs Persist
By Catherine Rentz, ProPublica
12.17.2021
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When the Company Pollutes the Company Town
By Emily Cataneo
12.15.2021
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Reliability of CDC’s Vaccination Rates In Question
By Phil Galewitz, KHN
12.14.2021
The Fifth Crime: Ecocide
Scenes From the End of Coal
By James Bruggers
12.13.2021
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Challenges Loom for South Africa’s Rhino Breeders
By Ed Stoddard
12.08.2021
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Regrowing a Forest and a Community in Rural Mexico
By Romina Cenisio
12.07.2021
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Podcast: Lost Livelihoods Among Shifting Sands
By The Editors
12.06.2021
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Covid’s Longest Tail: In Utero Stress
By Paul Tullis
12.01.2021
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An Uncertain Future for Abortion Care in Texas
By Karen Brooks Harper & Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune
11.30.2021
The Fifth Crime: Ecocide
In Norilsk, ‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’
By Marianne Lavelle
11.29.2021
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In the U.S., a Dearth of Cheap At-Home Covid Tests
By Rachana Pradhan & Hannah Norman, KHN
11.26.2021
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Scientists Square Off Over Covid and Peter Daszak
By Charles Schmidt
11.24.2021
The Fifth Crime: Ecocide
In Canada, Tar Sands Threaten a Way of Life
By Nicholas Kusnetz
11.22.2021
Visuals: Michael Kodas
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In Afghanistan, Droughts Drive Child Marriages
By Ruchi Kumar
11.17.2021
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Student Mental Health Programs Get a Boost
By Carolyn Thompson, Heather Hollingsworth, & Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat
11.16.2021
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A Vigorous Debate Over Loss Aversion
By Michael Schulson
11.15.2021
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Climate Misinformation on Facebook Is Increasing
By Kari Paul
11.10.2021
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