Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
When a few stalks of rogue, genetically modified wheat sprouted on an Oregon farm, the US Department of Agriculture would not disclose the whereabouts of the wheat. Monsanto, which engineered the seeds, was likewise keeping mum. So I began searching. Photo by Natalie Behring.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Brad Weiners.
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In August, 1913, pudgy middle-aged Joe Knowles stepped naked into the woods of Maine, to see if he could live as a primitive man. When he returned home to Boston two months later, clad in a bearskin, 200,000 people greeted him.
Boston Magazine
Edited by Toby Lester.
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Inside the arcane world of competitive stair racing.
The New York Times Magazine
Edited by Dean Robinson. Photograph by Stephen Ferry.
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Fourteen years ago, Karl Bushby set out to hike 36,000 miles across four continents. He’s still trying to get home.
Backpacker
Edited by Dennis Lewon. Photograph by Holly Wilmeth.
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Why Portland is number one.
Bicycling
Edited by Dave Howard.
Photograph by Charles Gullung.
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Simulating a mission to Mars, six astronauts lock themselves in a fake spaceship for 520 days.
Wired
Edited by Mark McClusky.
Gold Medal winner, Adventure Travel, 2012 Lowell Thomas Awards.
Inside the Catholic Church and the mysterious process of anointing the holy dead.
Byliner Originals
Edited by Laura Hohnhold.
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Can Antioch College return from the dead?
The New York Times Magazine
Edited by Dean Robinson.
Photographs by Finlay McKay.
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A week among the Latino emigres working at one McDonald’s in Washington, DC.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell.
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