The Fresh Kills Landfill of New York City

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Oct 5, 202600:23:10Society & Culture

Today, with the help of Ben Naddaff-Hafrey from Revisionist History, we’re going to Fresh Kills in Staten Island: a pile of trash that grew so tall and so vast, that it inspired a secession movement and changed the peopl...

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