In a booming city mad for the automobile, cyclists are second class citizens. But it’s still a joy to ride the streets, especially when your guide is an industrious pimp.
Sierra
Edited by Marilyn Snell.
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Craig Rosebraugh’s War
For years, Craig Rosebraugh was the spokesperson for the Earth Liberation Front, which burns down SUV dealerships and ski lifts in the name of eco-defense. When he changed jobs and opened a blue chip vegan restaurant, his inner anarchist never stopped working overtime.
Inc.
Edited by Dan Ferrara.
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Under the Sheltering Sky
Writer Paul Bowles spent most of his adult life in Tangier, Morocco. But when you search for his ghost there, what you find is the soul of the city.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell.
Republished in Best American Travel Writing 2004.
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Black Copters over Oregon
Did George W. Bush’s henchmen light a forest fire in Oregon in order to sell Bush’s “Healthy Forest Initiative”? An investigation.
Salon
Edited by Ed Lempinen.
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Life in Limbostan
In Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants wander the streets, hoping to make it across the Strait of Gibraltar, into mainland Europe.
Mother Jones
Edited by Tim Dickinson.
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Wrestling with Democracy
Fourteen Kansas teenagers make their senior class trip to Washington, D.C.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell.
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Nasty, Brutish, and Loud
The Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area, in the stripmined hills of West Virginia, is the world’s premier all-terrain-vehicle playground—and oh, what a joy it is to ride there after midnight and toss your empties into the woods!
Outside
Edited by Jay Stowe. Photos by Charles Gullung.
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End of the Run
Skier Bill Johnson won the gold medal in the downhill in the 1984 Olympics. Then in 1999, when he was 39 years old and ravaged by years of hard drinking, he tried to make a comeback. He crashed, incurring permanent brain damage.
Outside
Edited by Laura Hohnhold. Photo by Michael Lewis.
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The Backyard Expedition
When my daughter was almost six, I thought it would be a good idea to take her kayaking down Oregon’s Tualatin River.
National Geographic Adventure
Edited by Mark Jannot. Photo by Brown W. Cannon III.
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