Hello there! We're here to grow healthy, interconnected communities around the world. As the only Asian American-run news outlet dedicated to science, climate, and environmental coverage, The Xylom leverages our lived experiences to become your most trusted resource on environmental health impacts and democracy. 

In June, over 200 of you gave to our emergency fundraiser to keep our going through the summer. Thank you!

Because of your support, we were able to:

• Double the number of stories published per week,
• Develop new co-publishing partnerships with Atlanta Civic Circle and The Current, and
• Become the first news outlet to report on Atlanta protests against a deadly shooting at the CDC headquarters!

And we’ve done it all without a full-time reporter or editor! (Our team of four either splits time between editorial and fundraising, or work part-time.)

Here's some praise from Atlanta-based Maryn McKenna, the first journalist to embed with the CDC's "disease detectives": 

Our current part-time Managing Editor, Rhysea, is departing the newsroom at the end of August to return to academia; ready to step in is our long-time contributor Laasya. In order to deliver on our year-end commitment to publish 12 stories a month, which triples our pace from June, we’re raising $25,200 to help hire Laasya full-time.

You've already grown to love Laasya's accountability and solutions coverage in Southern India, such as how Indian women are leveraging solar dryers to avoid heat strokes and create economic opportunities, or why student protests in Hyderabad are just part of a growing global youth movement to stop militarized deforestation and democratic backsliding.

Our people-powered campaign is about making Laasya's work and The Xylom’s future sustainable. Help us reach this by September 8th!

Your support will mean more:

• Timely coverage: We connect actions by the Trump administration and multinational corporations in the American South with the stakes and consequences in the Global South.

• In-depth explainers: Not just the facts, but what you can do with the facts.

• More accountability journalism: Because you deserve to know who's causing harm to your community, what laws and regulations they've broken, and why they've never been brought to justice. 

• More connecting and listening to the community: We commit to having at least one news event and "office hours" with you every month.

Together, we have built this newsroom. Together, we can take the next step. We appreciate your generosity!