North America
A trillion dollars worth of heavy crude has attracted the world's oil titans to western Canada. The impact is colossal.
With government oversight in question and toxins piling up, residents say they are being poisoned and disempowered.
Photographer Alex MacLean brought an audio recorder with him on his flights over the Alberta Tar Sands. Go along for the ride and hear Alex’s descriptions and observations.
Hidden in plain sight, the Alberta tar sands fields are an industrial expanse where forests once stood. These aerial images capture the scenes of destruction.
Alberta’s oil sands region is at the heart of the KeystoneXL pipeline controversy. A project built on aerial photographs from 1,000 feet up brings into sharp focus the project's scale—and stakes.
Photographer and pilot Alex MacLean wanted to learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline. What he found shocked him.
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Writer Alissa Quart and photographer Alice Proujansky discuss their project about a nanny's reunification with her son after a decade of separation for economic reasons.
The Obama administration is spending $3.5 billion and partnering with multinational corporations to increase food production in 19 of the world's poorest countries.
Due to climate change, polar bears are foraging for food in remote villages.
Climate change is for real in Greenland.
For ten years, Blanca has cared for other people's children. Now, she is finally reunited with her own son.
Millions of women from poor countries work as caregivers in America, part of a massive but largely invisible workforce.