Wildfire Evacuation from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Operational Land Imager photo from NASA shows plumes of white smoke from large wildfire fires burning around Yellowknife. In the bottom left corner, the darker green area is Great Slave Lake. A deep brown burn scar can be seen in the upper left corner.

Heartbreaking and moving first-person account by climate refugee Michael Nabert of his evacuation from Yellowknife, the capital city of Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada.

Nabert joined thousands of Yellowknife’s residents leaving the city on Highway 3, a two-lane highway, heading south to Alberta.

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Library of Congress 2023 National Book Festival

The words National Book Festival against a background of colorful illustrations of a pencil, pen, lamp, coffee mug, arrow, heart, heart, thumbtack, and bookmark.

A National Public Radio journalist, Uyghur poet, and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature are among the more than 70 authors, poets, and illustrators speaking at the 23rd annual Library of Congress National Book Festival.

The annual festival will be held in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, August 12, 2023 from 9:00am to 8:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (convert to your time zone).

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