Tommey Jodie

At 11 p.m. during the final days of our expedition, the ship cut through waters along the southeastern coast of Kalaallit Nunaat (the term for Greenland in the local Kalaallit language). The Arctic sun still hung above the sea, casting a warm amber light in its final minutes before dipping below the curvature of the Earth. Mountains rose from the sea and glaciers hushed between them, leaving morning and night to fold into one another.

This past March, voters in Pima County, Ariz., approved Propositions 418 and 419, together known as RTA Next, renewing a regional transportation tax first approved in 2006. The Regional Transportation Authority, or RTA, is a countywide agency that uses a half-cent sales tax to fund roads, transit, and infrastructure projects across the Tucson region. The original 20-year plan, known as RTA One, was implemented in 2006 and set to expire in 2026.

The Present Tense of a Cornfield After Natalie Diaz In Seba Delkai, my great-grandmother preserved a 600-year-old cornfield until her death in 1985. But it is not merely a cornfield, it is also a part of my body. Her house is situated on a plateau, and the cornfield is nestled in a crest below, carpeting Hopi and Diné homelands. At first glance, the rows are gone, fence posts lean at uneven angles, split by years of bursting sun and weather.