The Xylom will run out of funding in July if we don’t secure $7,500 by the end of the month . 

Following sparkling March and April fundraising numbers, recent political developments have created a chilling effect. 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.

Despite the difficulties, in the past three months, our reporting:

• revealed how the transnational crude oil export industry turned what residents call "a slice of heaven" in South Texas into "hell":

• led to the first weekend rail transit service improvements in Atlanta in two decades (!)

• shed light on how immigrants, researchers, and concerned citizens have navigated issues at the intersection of science and society under unprecedented attacks by the Trump administration.

Right now, we are interrogating:

• 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);

• 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);

• 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

• The stakes and consequences of oil spills off the Indian coast (supported by the Pulitzer Center).

However, the funds we secured for the reporting projects above are restricted, which means they cannot be used to pay for the salaries of our editors, fact-checkers, and engagement staff who make our newsroom trustworthy.

It would be such a shame if communities could no longer access our groundbreaking coverage at a time when they need it the most.

There is hope: If even one quarter of our readers and social media followers gave just ONE dollar a month, we would be able to meet our budget without additional support from grants. Can we count on you to keep the only Asian American-run science news outlet going?

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