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Ashley Gilbertson

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Open Burns, Ill Winds

Colfax, Louisianna. Open Burns, Ill Winds. July 2017. America makes more bombs than any other nation, and any surplus, or old stock, is burnt off at open burn sites across the country. The very explosive compound –RDX– that helped make America a superpower is today contamination the nation’s water and soil.

ProPublica
Ashley Gilbertson

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Opem Burns, Ill Winds

Colfax, Louisianna. Opem Burns, Ill Winds. July 2017. America makes more bombs than any other nation, and any surplus, or old stock, is burnt off at open burn sites across the country. The very explosive compound –RDX– that helped make America a superpower is today contamination the nation’s water and soil.

ProPublica
Ashley Gilbertson

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'A Republic, if You Can Keep It'

Lincoln Memorial. A Republic, if You Can Keep It. January 2017. I’ve heard stories about towns in America that celebrated when Donald J. Trump won the election. People shouting on main streets, driving around honking their horns — elation. Washington wasn’t one of those towns.

The New York Times
Ashley Gilbertson

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No Risk, No Life

No Risk, No Life. April 2017. Every year, Greece hosts 25 million tourists,” a frustrated aid worker told me, “and to date we have been given 800 million euros in funding for this crisis — but we can’t find proper accommodation for 50,000 people?

UNICEF
Ashley Gilbertson

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Kaboom Town

Frankie McCray, Colfax Louisiana. Kaboom Town. July 2017. The Pentagon has poisoned millions of acres and left Americans to guess at the threat to their health. Its oversight of thousands of toxic sites has been marked by defiance and delay.

ProPublica
Ashley Gilbertson

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In Colfax, Echoes of Another Conflict

In Colfax, Echoes of Another Conflict. July 2017. The Pentagon has poisoned millions of acres and left Americans to guess at the threat to their health. Its oversight of thousands of toxic sites has been marked by defiance and delay.

ProPublica