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March 10, 2023 by Bill Donahue

Running to Remember

Nineteen-year-old Ku Stevens is both a record-breaking distance runner and an inspiring Native American activist intent on exposing the dark history of Indian boarding schools.

Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell


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August 17, 2022 by Bill Donahue

Saving The Memory of a Ukrainian Hero

Ukrainian defector Victor Kravchenko stood up to Joseph Stalin. Can Victor’s son keep his dad’s message of freedom alive?
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell


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February 28, 2022March 17, 2023 by Bill Donahue

The Voyagers

How do you escape Joseph Stalin? In June 1945, Soviet naval mechanic Valeri Minakov slipped away from the coast of Siberia in a small, homemade walrus-skinned boat, intent on reaching Alaska. He suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. His six-year-old son, Oleg, was sitting in the bow.  
The Atavist
Edited by Jonah Ogles


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October 19, 2021 by Bill Donahue

When A Saint Tells Lies

New research reveals that iconic long-distance hiker Earl Shaffer, long credited with the first through hike of the Appalachian Trail, wasn’t telling the truth about his walk. Is he still a hero? 
Backpacker
Edited by Zoe Gates


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September 1, 2020March 17, 2023 by Bill Donahue

The Free and The Brave

A patriotic parade, a bloody brawl, and the origins of U.S. law enforcement’s war on the political left.

The Atavist
Edited by Jonah Ogles


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August 13, 2020November 26, 2022 by Bill Donahue

Mill Town

In Jay, Maine, the paper mill has been the lynch pin of the economy since the 1880s. And now it may close.

The Boston Globe Magazine
Edited by Michael Fitzgerald and Francis Storrs

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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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February 25, 2017July 1, 2021 by Bill Donahue

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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July 4, 2016October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Runaway

Of the hundred slaves to toil for President George Washington, Ona Judge was the only one to escape and tell her story.

Amazon Kindle Singles
Edited by Ali Castleman.

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