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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.

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell

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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. 

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell

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November 5, 2018May 7, 2019 by Bill Donahue

Full Cleetus

Kale Poland is the progenitor of a new philosophy of physical fitness. “Cleetus Fit” eschews the gymnasium and sees practitioners hoisting large rocks, mud wrestling with cows, and sipping Pabst Blue Ribbon while seated in the Lotus position.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower

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July 29, 2018 by Bill Donahue

The Monk’s Tale

Remembering my Uncle Bill, a Catholic monk and a scholar who left the church to spend his last 30 years in the French Pyrenees, tending his garden and translating Thucydides from Greek into Latin.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower

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July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 by Bill Donahue

The Beautiful Willamette

A journey down Oregon’s own river.

Via
Edited by Dan Miller

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March 15, 2018July 29, 2018 by Bill Donahue

From Farms to Factories

Ethiopia’s Industrial Revolution. 

Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Miranda Purves. Photos by Nichole Sobecki.

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December 29, 2017November 14, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Last Naturalist

In a world where our time and attention are fractured into smaller and smaller bits, legendary biologist and runner Bernd Heinrich is a throwback, a man who has carved a deep grove in his patch of Maine woods.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photo by Jesse Burke.

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December 29, 2017January 5, 2018 by Bill Donahue

Taking Aim On The New Cold War

A backcountry ski journey through the minus 30 degree chill of the Arctic, in the company of nine U.S. military men training to face down Vladimir Putin’s Russian warriors.

Ski 
Edited by Sam Berman. Photo by Heath Sandall.

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September 12, 2017October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Birmingham, England, is Now Kind of Hot for Travel

Once an industrial eyesore, Birmingham, England, is now kind of hot for travel. With a world-class food scene, a dazzling new public library, and a cool attitude, “Brum” is suddenly hot.

Boston Globe Magazine
Edited by Greg Klee. 

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