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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Candidate Kipsang
Kenyan marathon ace Wilson Kipsang runs for public office, amid accusations that he’s stealing votes.
ESPN
Edited by Rebecca Nordquist. Photographs by Georgina Goodwin.
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Painting the Fence
The joys and agonies of maintaining the picket fence at my family’s ancient home in New Hampshire.
Yankee
Edited by Ian Aldrich. Illustration by Cindy Rizza.
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The Messenger
Once a basketball phenom and a hiphop deejay, Suhaib Webb is now a Muslim cleric with a vast following among millennials and also a bone to pick with Donald J. Trump.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photographs by Pete Marovich.
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Don’t Stop Now
At age 77, long distance hiker George “Billy Goat” Woodard has no fixed address and is forever walking in the wilderness or making his way to the wilderness—on trains, in friends’ cars, and sometimes by hitchhiking.
Backpacker
Edited by Dennis Lewon. Photographs by Bob Stefko.
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The Million Mile Man
When cyclist Danny Chew was 21, he resolved to ride his bike a million lifetime miles. Then, at age 54 and 783,000 miles into his quest, he crashed and became paralyzed.
Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photograph by Michael Swensen.
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To Build a Mosque in America
After 18 years and $1.5 million, the Islamic Society of New Hampshire is still struggling to build its own place of worship.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Miranda Purves. Photograph by Christopher Gregory.
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Refugee Runner
Yiech Pur Biel was born amid a civil war in South Sudan. Soldiers burned down his village, his parents left him, he grew up in a refugee camp. Now he’s readying to compete in the Olympics.
ESPN
Edited by Vic Seper. Photographs by Georgina Goodwin.
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Runaway
Of the hundred slaves to toil for President George Washington, Ona Judge was the only one to escape and tell her story.
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Edited by Ali Castleman.
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