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July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Bill Donahue

The Price of Gold

 What happens when your neighborhood is demolished to make way for the Olympic Games? A visit to Vila Autodromo, a favela in Rio de Janeiro.  

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August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Kingmaker

Twenty-nine years old, gay, and a transplant from Puerto Rico, is an unlikely New Hampshire primary powerbroker.

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March 13, 2019August 2, 2019 by Bill Donahue

Sh*thole World Tour

A  deep dive into the culture and magic and pain of three countries that Trump maligned with an obscenity–Haiti, El Salvador, and Liberia. 

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May 11, 2017November 15, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Sleepover

A Mother’s Day essay remembering my mom, Barbara Donahue (1929–2017), and my favorite punk band, The Plasmatics (1977–1983).

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Edited by David Rowell. Illustration by Maggie Chiang.

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March 23, 2014October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Hero’s March

Searching for the ghost of Russian novelist Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia.

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Edited by David Rowell. Photographs by Oleg Gritskevich.

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September 20, 2013October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Mongolia Rising

Mongolia strikes it rich on gold and coal.

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Edited by David Rowell. Photograph by Lauren Knapp.

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September 20, 2013October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Elwha River Runs Free

The Elwha was dammed a hundred years ago. Then in 2011, the feds began tearing down the river’s two dams, to the delight of the Lower Elwha Klallam Indians, who have fished the river for centuries.

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Edited by David Rowell. Photos by Chris Wilson.

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October 3, 2011October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Who’s Lovin’ It?

A week among the Latino emigres working at one McDonald’s in Washington, DC.

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February 9, 2011October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

On With The Snow

The author launches a career as a nordic ski racer.

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Edited by David Rowell. Photos by Layne Kennedy.

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