Science
The Quiet Revolution in Battery Recycling
Marcus Bell, Daniel Whitfield / The Ledger DeskA new generation of plants can recover nearly all the metals in a spent battery. The bottleneck is no longer technology; it is collection.
Culture
The Quiet Revival of the Neighbourhood Cinema
Priya Natarajan / Common GroundStreaming was supposed to finish them. Instead, a handful of small cinemas are thriving by doing everything the multiplex does not.
News
Rents Rise Fastest in Mid-Sized Cities, New Data Shows
Marcus Bell / The Ledger DeskThe big cities grabbed the headlines. The sharpest increases are happening in places with populations under 400,000.
Politics
Senators Quietly Strip Oversight Language From Spending Bill
Amara Okafor / Harbor ReviewA paragraph requiring quarterly audits of a $4 billion fund disappeared between the committee draft and the floor version. No one will say who removed it.
World
The Arctic Shipping Lane Nobody Planned For
Hannah Lindqvist / Northern PostAs ice retreats, a sea route is opening faster than the rules that govern it.
Activism
Renters Organise: Inside the Tenants’ Union Movement
Tomás Herrera / Open LedgerFrom collective rent strikes to building-by-building bargaining, tenants are borrowing tactics from the labour movement.
Opinion
Why Local News Is Worth Paying For
Eleanor Strand / DispatchWhen the town paper disappears, the potholes do not. The meetings still happen. What disappears is the person in the back row taking notes.
Science
Satellite Data Reveals Where the Forests Are Really Disappearing
Daniel Whitfield / Meridian WireNew high-resolution imagery shows tree loss concentrated in places official figures miss.
Opinion
We Are Not Prepared for the Next Grid Failure
Eleanor Strand / DispatchEvery system works until it doesn’t. The question is whether we have rehearsed the day it doesn’t.
Culture
Mapping the Rise of the Independent Newsroom
Priya Natarajan, Eleanor Strand / Common GroundHundreds of small, reader-funded newsrooms have launched in five years. A new survey shows what they have in common, and what keeps them alive.
World
Inside the Race to Rebuild a Port City
Hannah Lindqvist / Northern PostTwo years after the explosion, cranes are back on the skyline. So are the old arguments about who the rebuilt harbour is for.
News
The Economics of the Four-Day Week, One Year On
Marcus Bell / The Ledger DeskDozens of employers moved to four days. Most have kept it. Here is what they say changed, and what did not.
