What happened when I set out to discuss politics with my Trump-supporting neighbors.
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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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The Kingmaker
Twenty-nine years old, gay, and a transplant from Puerto Rico, is an unlikely New Hampshire primary powerbroker.
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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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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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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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Mongolia Rising
Mongolia strikes it rich on gold and coal.
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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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Who’s Lovin’ It?
A week among the Latino emigres working at one McDonald’s in Washington, DC.
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