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Sara Van Note

Sara Van Note is an educator, writer, and radio producer currently based in New England.

Sara Van Note is an educator, writer, and radio producer currently based in New England. She’s inspired by birdsong and accents, and fascinated by stories of resistance and resilience. She previously reported for KUNM in New Mexico, and once journeyed miles down a rutted arroyo for a story on goat cheese. She’s also reported from Nicaragua, where her work with a women’s community radio project helped her develop a new understanding of the power of radio. Sara tweets: @svannotes.

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The promise of justice is receding, Nicaraguan women say

Justice

Nicaraguan lawmakers passed Law 779 three years ago to protect victims of domestic violence — to international praise. But women say the law since has been watered down, and special courts don’t have the resources to investigate complaints. Advocates fear women who seek justice could end up worse off, but they vow to fight for the law’s original intent.

The "Pearls of Pancasan" practice twice a week in their village in the northern mountains of Nicaragua

Making ‘The Beautiful Game’ even more beautiful for these young Nicaraguans

Education
Graffiti lead photo

This Nicaraguan woman answers sexism with spraypaint

Arts
Local residents wade into the shallow waters of Lake Nicaragua, the largest in Central America, with the volcanic island of Ometepe in the distance. Many are worried that the lake will be contaminated by the country's new $50 billion Chinese-backed Pacifi

China’s American canal could sacrifice Nicaragua’s great lake

Environment
Emerald ash borer tunnels scar an infested ash tree near the Merrimack River in New Hampshire. The invasive borers have killed millions of ash trees in North America over the last decade. Now researchers are releasing a small parasitic wasp in a last ditc

The invasive emerald ash borer has killed millions of trees, but researchers hope a wasp can save some of the survivors

Environment