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Screams in the smoke: Badalona warehouse fire kills four

A resident recounts the deadly warehouse fire on Dec. 10, 2020 that killed four.

Sports

Federico Abruzzi delivering food during the pandemic.

Soccer star delivers food to community

I left everything behind and potentially exposed myself to the virus to bring food to those who most need it.

Sex & Gender

Iranian women's alpine ski coach Samira Zaghari poses on the slopes

Spousal passport law a slippery slope

The immigration service confiscated my passport after pulling me aside just when I had returned from a team training mission.

Environment

From garbage to great music

For them, music represents a way out, an escape from their reality. For me, music is my way of helping others.

Orato is Latin for 'Speak'

As traditional news media organizations become more polarized or implode altogether, the number of people seeking objective news sources grows. The confluence of this desire mixed with emerging and proven revenue models create a tipping point for Orato.

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Inside Orato

Updates from the team on initiatives, latest updates and behind-the-scenes news

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We’re growing, together

We appreciate your dedication to Orato. We are eternally grateful to provide a platform for your storytelling.

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Ready to reach wider base

Orato is ready to grow and expand our reach in the North American journalism community.

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An icon of press freedom

Armed with insight and inspiration from Maria Ressa, our fight against the weaponization of fake news continues.

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Let’s get to work

Let’s take this year by the horns and tell more newsworthy and compelling first-person stories. Because, at the end of the day, that’s why we’re all here.

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For them, music represents a way out, an escape from their reality. For me, music is my way of helping others.

Favio Chávez in From garbage to great music

Refugee camp closures spawn terror among outcast LGTBQ members

My family and neighbors broke the door to my house with anger, entered, and started beating and stoning us.

Visionaries

Death threats fail to foil young environmentalist

I have been an environmentalist for as long as I can remember, and no menace will stop me from protecting the earth.

Health

Deborah Kahan with Rocco and the rest of the family

Routine exam left boy with brain injury

During a medical exam, the nurse hit his head against a medical device. He fainted, and doctors immediately took him to intensive care.

Education

Chaos erupts in Johannesburg streets following student protest for financial inclusion

Students face death fighting for financial inclusion

I did not expect my display of solidarity to end up in a bloodbath because of police brutality.

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Abortion: the most arduous decision

After deciding to perform an abortion myself with pills, I ended up in a hospital, bleeding and at the edge of death.

Sports

18-year-old soccer phenom tearing it up for Argentina

After signing with Juventus, Dalila Ippolito became the first Argentine woman footballer to play in Italy.

Health

The book that came from the voices in my head

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after spending almost a week on the brink of a psychotic break following a holotropic breathing workshop.

Sex & Gender

Elizabeth Muriuki was a teen mother in Kenya who helps young women in Kenya through Serene Haven Secondary School

‘Second chance at life’ for Kenyan teen mothers

Serene Haven gives Kenyan teen mothers hope for the future.

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Photo gallery: Camel sale in the desert

In the holy city of Pushkar, on the shores of the Thar desert, the largest cattle fair in India, the Pushkar Mela or Camel Fair, is held.

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