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Sara Van Note

Sara Van Note is an educator, writer, and radio producer currently based in New England. She’s inspired by birdsong and accents, and fascinated by stories of resistance and resilience. She previously reported for KUNM in New Mexico, and once journeyed miles down a rutted arroyo for a story on goat cheese. She’s also reported from Nicaragua, where her work with a women’s community radio project helped her develop a new understanding of the power of radio. Sara tweets: @svannotes.
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Justice
The promise of justice is receding, Nicaraguan women say
The "Pearls of Pancasan" practice twice a week in their village in the northern mountains of Nicaragua
Education
Making ‘The Beautiful Game’ even more beautiful for these young Nicaraguans
Graffiti lead photo
Arts
This Nicaraguan woman answers sexism with spraypaint
Local residents wade into the shallow waters of Lake Nicaragua, the largest in Central America, with the volcanic island of Ometepe in the distance. Many are worried that the lake will be contaminated by the country's new $50 billion Chinese-backed Pacifi
Environment
China’s American canal could sacrifice Nicaragua’s great lake
Emerald ash borer tunnels scar an infested ash tree near the Merrimack River in New Hampshire. The invasive borers have killed millions of ash trees in North America over the last decade. Now researchers are releasing a small parasitic wasp in a last ditc
Environment
The invasive emerald ash borer has killed millions of trees, but researchers hope a wasp can save some of the survivors