Regional governments bow to pressure from agricultural industry, often amplified by far-right Vox party

Only last year it was hailed as a conservation success story: the Iberian lynx, which had been close to extinction, had sprung back to life thanks to a two-decade-long effort to expand the population.

Now, however, that progress is at risk after several regional governments in Spain acceded to pressure from farmers and hunters to block the reintroduction of the species into the wild.

Amid a mass burial in Aitaroun, some of the group’s supporters question whether the sacrifices were worth it

Crowds of people gathered last week in the ruined town square of Aitaroun, south Lebanon, to attend the mass burial of 95 people – one of the largest funerals held in Lebanon since the start of the Hezbollah-Israel war.

Hundreds of people waving Hezbollah flags watched as rows of coffins were brought in by four semi-trucks, the vehicles’ procession lined with pancaked buildings destroyed in Israeli bombardment months earlier.

Amid a mass burial in Aitaroun, some of the group’s supporters question whether the sacrifices were worth it

Crowds of people gathered last week in the ruined town square of Aitaroun, south Lebanon, to attend the mass burial of 95 people – one of the largest funerals held in Lebanon since the start of the Hezbollah-Israel war.

Hundreds of people waving Hezbollah flags watched as rows of coffins were brought in by four semi-trucks, the vehicles’ procession lined with pancaked buildings destroyed in Israeli bombardment months earlier.

With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement

The truth is often hiding in plain sight.

Not until the shutdown during the pandemic did I even notice the farmhouse in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, nestled behind shrubbery, trees, and wrought iron fencing. It was home to the Lefferts family, descendants of the Dutch settlers who had first arrived in 1624 in what would become New York.

With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement

The truth is often hiding in plain sight.

Not until the shutdown during the pandemic did I even notice the farmhouse in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, nestled behind shrubbery, trees, and wrought iron fencing. It was home to the Lefferts family, descendants of the Dutch settlers who had first arrived in 1624 in what would become New York.