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Thanks to your outpouring of support, The Xylom, the only Asian American-run news outlet dedicated to science, climate, and environmental coverage, raised over $11,000 in less than a week. The emergency fundraiser will keep our lights on until the end of August 2025. We are so grateful to nearly the 200 individuals who have committed to growing science with words!
However, the specter of shrinking press freedoms in the American South and the Global South still looms. Case in point: an independent Atlanta-area colleague of ours, Mario Guevara, was arrested while livestreaming "No Kings" protests. He is now under ICE custody for deportation proceedings to El Salvador. Our long-term future is also still up in the air.
That's why, we are shifting gears to raise $7,500 in monthly sustaining donations (or as we call, "sustainerships") to pay for the salaries of our editors, fact-checkers, and engagement staff who make our newsroom trustworthy.
Your tax-deductible sustainership will support our ongoing accountability and solutions reporting into:
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The efficacy and equity of New York’s household energy efficiency upgrade program, the first in the nation to be funded by the now-threatened Inflation Reduction Act (supported by the CUNY Newmark J-Corps);
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How “podcast bros” are throwing Nepal's thousand-year psychedelic "mad honey" practice into a tailspin, while endangering American public health (supported by The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship);
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Why rooftop solar panels aren’t taking off in Hong Kong, one of the most developed and cosmopolitan cities in the world (supported by the Environmental Journalism Network); and
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The stakes and consequences of oil spills off the Indian coast (supported by the Pulitzer Center).
If even one-tenth of our readers and social media followers gave just TWO dollars a month, we would be able to continue meeting our budget without additional support from grants. (We also welcome one-time contributions!)
You showed up and showed out for us once; can we count on you to help us go above and beyond? Thank you!
P.S. Please share your support on social media. Every dollar counts!
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