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The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush
Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin
February 2012
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People in the Old Country won’t touch the stuff, but immigrants to the American Midwest have celebrated it for generations
December 08, 2011
| By Erica Janik
Klallam tribal members make plans for holy ancestral sites to resurface after the unparalleled removal of nearby dams
December 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Giving factory flour the heave-ho, small farmers from New England to the Northwest are growing long-forgotten varieties of wheat
December 2011
| By Jerry Adler
A chance find has rescued the work of the camera-toting baby sitter, and gallery owners are taking notice
December 2011
| By David Zax
In Sonoma County, apple growers battle against the wine industry and cheap Chinese imports
November 02, 2011
| By Alastair Bland
The college city's big sky and endless farmland gave this New Yorker some fresh perspective
November 2011
| By Meghan Daum
The toppling of Egypt's government has led to a renewal of violence against the nation's Christian minority
November 2011
| By Joshua Hammer
The Indians who greeted Columbus were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising results
October 2011
| By Robert M. Poole
Neither photographer Ruth Orkin nor her subject Jinx Allen realized the stir the collaboration would make
October 2011
| By David Schonauer
A huge dam-removal project will reveal sacred Native American lands that have been flooded for a century
September 15, 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Being Colombia’s most famous folk figure has its perks, even if you're an impersonator
September 02, 2011
| By Laura Kiniry
The country's achievements in education have other nations doing their homework
September 2011
| By LynNell Hancock
Terrorists get the headlines, but most Muslims want to reclaim their religion from extremists
September 2011
| By Robin Wright
Author Rick Bass trades wilderness for city life, Montana style
August 2011
| By Rick Bass
Dr. Luanne Freer, founder of the mountain’s emergency care center, sees hundreds of patients each climbing season at the foot of the Himalayas
June 01, 2011
| By Molly Loomis
The birthplace of Poirot and Marple welcomes visitors looking for clues to the best-selling novelist of all time
June 2011
| By Joshua Hammer
A 14th-century Japanese essayist's advice for troubled times runs the gamut from quirky to prescient
June 2011
| By Lance Morrow
In the country formerly known as Burma, these free thinkers are a force in the struggle for democracy
March 2011
| By Joshua Hammer
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