Lilian Manansala

Tim Milgram is a director, cinematographer, and producer in the Los Angeles dance community. After learning about the management company 7M's control over some of his peers, Milgram wanted to do something. The result is the hit Netflix docuseries "Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult."

43 million Americans are left in limbo after the Supreme Court rejected Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan as illegal. Here's how debt relief could still happen.

Nearly half of every pineapple you eat ends up in the trash. But now, companies across the globe are turning the inedible parts of the fruit into textiles, plates, soap, and more.

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it goes out to sea.

Experts worry the ocean-cleaning machines could harm sea life, but most say cleaning rivers is a smarter approach.

The Vietnamese company Fuwa Biotech is turning pineapple waste into natural alternatives to hand soap, laundry detergent, and more. Research suggests the enzymes from fermented fruit can fight germs and clean up waterways.

A company is shredding, melting, and molding a secret mixture of hard-to-recycle plastics to make solid bricks and beams. The building materials are cheaper and faster to assemble than most traditional ones.
The system has helped increase waste collectors' income and address a shortage of school buildings in Ivory Coast. For more information: https://conceptosplasticos.com/

Four friends spent more than a decade designing a machine that recycles plastic waste.The Polyfloss machine spins plastic into thin fibers that can be used for insulation. The company plans on deploying the machine globally to reduce trash and help keep shelters warm. For more information: https://www.thepolyflossfactory.com/

The runoff from tofu factories pollutes rivers and kills fish. Over the last 40 years, Indonesia has built almost 50,000 biogas plants to convert tofu wastewater. We visited Sumedang to see how communities are producing cooking fuel from the waste of this popular food.

Hundreds of billions of milk cartons are thrown away each year. Tetra Pak, a carton manufacturing giant, produces 192 billion milk containers annually. It's working with Thai schoolchildren to turn milk cartons into bricks and roofing sheets that can benefit victims of natural disasters.

At PooPooPaper Park, visitors learn how to make paper from elephant waste. We visit Chiang Mai, Thailand, to see how one company turned its treeless paper process into an attraction that supports Asian elephants.

For more information, visit www.poopoopaperpark.com and www.poopoopaper.com.

When left to break down in landfills, paper emits methane, which can trap 20 times more heat in the atmosphere than CO2. Print readership is up in Kenya, but the literacy rate is relatively low, as many can't afford to buy school supplies. The company, Momo Pencils, donates a portion of its pencils to needy schoolchildren.

One of Delhi's largest landfills burned for two months. It was supposed to close more than 10 years ago, but today, thousands of people still make a living sorting and selling its waste. The fires threaten their lives and livelihoods.

Onggi is an earthenware pot dating back to prehistoric times. We visited master potter Jin-gyu Heo in Ulsan, South Korea, to see how he is preserving this ancient tradition.

Millions of tons of sugarcane waste is produced every year. India is the second-largest producer of sugar.
The Indian company Yash Pakka is turning sugarcane waste into tableware.

Patron has become a Ukrainian hero, sniffing out bombs in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The Jack Russell terrier has helped to defuse more than 90 undetonated bombs and land mines. The 2-year-old pup has become a social media phenomenon, inspiring children and adults worldwide.

A mudslide killed Alhaji Siraj Bah's adoptive family when he was 17 years old. Now the up-and-coming entrepreneur recycles coconut waste to help prevent deadly landslides. Bah, founder of Rugsal Trading, overcame tragedy and is using an alternative to wood for cooking fuel.

This three-generation family of potters follows the same methods from over 3,000 years ago. The terra-cotta art is traditionally made by the women of Sejnane, Tunisia. We visit Jomaa, Aljia, and Rim in Tunisia to see how their craft is still standing.

Steel is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, even though lots of it is recycled every year. There isn't enough scrap to meet the demand, so most steel is made from mined iron and coal. Recycling steel uses coal too, but an Australian steelmaker is experimenting with alternatives.

Sanganer, India, is home to a papermaking community that has existed for hundreds of years. India's papermaking industry has withstood colonization and foreign competition. The factories that remain today still make each sheet one by one.

The world saw the devastating effects of the climate crisis in 2021. Weather-related disasters and extreme temperatures affected communities in every part of the globe. Unprecedented events are occurring with greater frequency, a "code red for humanity."

It was a year of unprecedented climate events, from record-breaking extreme temperatures to hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes. Here's a look back at some of the climate news of 2021.

Officers with Spain's Civil Guard have been feeding cats who survived the La Palma volcano eruption.
They are trying to reconnect the cats with their owners, but thousands of residents are still displaced.
The volcano erupted for three months, the longest in La Palma's recorded history.

New Orleans drops thousands of Christmas trees into the bayou every year to try to fight coastal erosion and build back its shores.

Dr. Leana Wen from George Washington University said the Omicron variant seems to be more contagious than the Delta variant in South Africa. It has at least 50 mutations, which could make existing vaccines and therapies less effective.

Swat wood carving was once a thriving craft in Swat Valley in Pakistan. The artistry dates back 2,000 years to the Buddhist period of the Gandhara region. But many shops shut down when the Taliban occupied the region in 2007. The Mustaan family fled Swat and established a new shop in Lahore.

On November 23, NASA launched a mission to test deflecting an asteroid from colliding with Earth. The probe, known as DART, is expected to intercept an asteroid 6.8 million miles away in late 2022. If successful, it could become part of NASA's planetary-defense strategy.

The daughter of Dmitry Muratov, one of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, is studying to be a journalist at New York University. Finley Muratova, 21, sees the honor as a win for the Russian newspaper their father leads, as well as for the journalists killed protecting the freedom of the press. Among those was investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006. Muratova knew her as a child, and they said she's inspired their career.

As New Yorkers adjust to a ban on single-use plastic bags, one designer is turning them into luxury totes. The state joins a growing movement to eliminate at least some of the 1 trillion plastic bags used worldwide every year.

Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified at a Senate hearing on October 5 about how the company knew the damage it was causing to young people but chose not to act on it.

A river of lava is flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island after the north side of the crater collapsed. It's pouring into the ocean and expanding the coastline as it cools.

We visited India’s perfume capital, Kannauj, to see how craftsmen make "attar," or natural perfumes using a centuries-old steam distillation method.

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Lock & Co. in London has been designing and selling hats since 1676. It's served celebrities and royals, withstood a bombing, and survived COVID-19.

Most U.S. teachers suffer from a “teacher wage penalty,” but Florida ranks 49th in the nation in average salaries.

“We expect teachers to be saints,” said Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, “that teaching is a labor of love, and somehow we justify that saints don’t need to get paid, saints don’t have mortgages.”

This social news video looks at how choreographers are not given equal and fair considerations, even when projects have proven to be vital to many award-winning productions.

The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) is the online database for TV, film, and entertainment. One of its main functions is to list the credits of the cast, crew, and production team. Although the work of choreographers has been integral to the entertainment industry for decades, choreographers do not receive their own… Mehr zeigen

This social news video looks at how choreographers are not given equal and fair considerations, even when projects have proven to be vital to many award-winning productions.

The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) is the online database for TV, film, and entertainment. One of its main functions is to list the credits of the cast, crew, and production team. Although the work of choreographers has been integral to the entertainment industry for decades, choreographers do not receive their own designated credit. Instead, IMDB categorizes choreographers as “Other” or “Miscellaneous Crew.” Weniger anzeigen

The Click's 400th story! Co-written with Theresa Boersma and CK Smith, edited by Joel Marino

Residents of California vote NO on Proposition 18, keeping current law which require minimum age of 18 years to vote.

A look at the importance of student-led, independent campus newspapers in the context of the Fall 2020 shutdown of Washington Square News.