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  Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture

  The Verge - by Yessenia Funes

  Every month, a group of Indigenous scientists from around the world gathers on Zoom. They never have an agenda. They meet as colleagues to catch up and commiserate about the challenges of being Indigenous in Western academia. Their February meeting, however, quickly struck a different tone. “There …

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  The fantasy of playing Final Fantasy

  The Verge - by Joseph Earl Thomas

  You are a negro bunny bound for greatness in the New World, as if the old were simply a mistake. You can’t stop thinking about Sylvia Wynter and something like New World natives; you stall, with everyone else, rather than negotiate a true critique of the present, rather than pause Final Fantasy XIV …

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  American War

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  A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon. Chiến tranh Mỹ A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon. by Camille Bromley by Camille …

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  My parents were extras in Apocalypse Now — is this their story?

  The Verge - Cathy Linh Che

  Behind the Scenes By: Cathy Linh Che Date: Apr. 25, 2025 Illustrations: Nguyen Tran An artist’s parents were extras in Apocalypse Now. But in trying to recenter their experience in her own work, she wondered: whose story was it to tell? On the first day of filming, a small crew set up in my parents’ …

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  The Napalm Girl continues to define free speech

  The Verge - Som-Mai Nguyen

  The Napalm Girl Standard By: Som-Mai Nguyen Date: Apr. 24, 2025 Illustrations: Nguyen Tran How the war’s most horrific photograph is now a litmus test for free speech in the era of social media. It’s a photo you may have already seen. Captured in stark black and white, several Vietnamese children run …

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  The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Babylift have grown up

  The Verge - Camille Bromley

  Out of the Fog By: Camille Bromley Date: Apr. 21, 2025 Illustrations: Nguyen Tran Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath. In 1975, to hear the Americans tell it, the mass adoption of …