Articles by Brentin Mock
Brentin Mock is a staff writer at CityLab and Grist's former justice editor. Follow him on Twitter at @brentinmock.
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D.C. scraps climate art installation, says it sends the wrong message
Mia Feuer's half-submerged gas station was slated for a lake near the Anacostia River, which neighbors have worked for years to clean up.
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Disney’s “Planes” sequel is an excuse to talk to your kids about climate change
Our hero, the little cropduster that could, has taken up fighting forest fires.
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It’s going to take more than swim lessons to undo the effects of racism
The documentary "Free Swim" suggests that learning to swim can lift black kids up. But poverty, racism, and colonialism are tough nuts to crack.
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Mother jailed for letting her daughter run free — at the playground
Debra Harrell let her 9-year-old daughter play unsupervised in an North Augusta, S.C., park. Harrell was arrested and her daughter is in the custody of the state.
