Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Ocean Outlaw uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.
Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Ocean Outlaw uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.
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“... the most important thing I saw from ships all around the world, and have tried in this book to capture, was an ocean woefully under-protected and the mayhem and misery often faced by those who work these waters,” writes journalist Ian Urbina in the introduction to his new book, The Outlaw Ocean. ... See MoreSee Less
Outlaw Oceans: Exposing Slavery, Overfishing and Other Abuses on the High Seas • The Revelator
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We spoke to author and ethicist Harriet Washington about why the dangers to mental capacity from environmental pollution are so often overlooked, why communities of color bear the brunt and what can be done about it. ... See MoreSee Less
Intelligence Thieves: How Toxic Pollutants Are Robbing Communities of Color • The Revelator
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