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Elham Shirin

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Covers:  Nature, Culture, Mining, Public Transit, Public Health, Wildfires, Conservation, Climate Change

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Elham Shirin’s Journalist Portfolio

The Poetics of Malcolm X

The Poetics of Malcolm X

On the poetry that influenced the Civil Rights trailblazer and the art he inspired.

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Fast and Free Buses Could Make New York More Affordable--and Green

Fast and Free Buses Could Make New York More Affordable--and Green

Making the environmental justice case for Mamdani's campaign promise

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Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change. Now They're Facing ICE.

Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change. Now They're Facing ICE.

Somali immigrants in the U.S. haven't just fled violence-they've fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has …

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Fast and Free Buses Could Make New York More Affordable— and Green

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By Elham Shirin Verified
| The Polis Project Verified
In February, Mayor Zohran Mamdani floated the idea of testing system-wide free bus service in New York during the World Cup this summer. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), on the other hand, said that no one from the city or state government contacted the authority about this proposal. The MTA plans instead to implement stricter enforcement on buses by hiring fare inspectors to check passengers once they are on board.
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Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change. Now They’re Facing ICE.

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By Elham Shirin Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Trump administration targeting Somali American community in Minnesota and Maine with ICE raids and ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, giving them only a few months to leave or face deportation. Climate change, particularly persistent drought exacerbated by warming caused by fossil fuel emissions, is a significant factor in Somali people's decisions to migrate both internally and across international borders.
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Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change. Now They're Facing ICE.

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By Elham Shirin Verified
| The New Republic Verified
"We don't see displacement from drought right away," said Lisa Thalheimer, climate scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and lead author of the study. "When there are drought events, people tend to collaborate," she told me. "They try to help each other out.
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