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I went undercover with a militia on the US-Mexico border. Here’s what I saw
A firsthand look inside America's resurgent paramilitary movement. By Shane Bauer.
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In The Hollow
The changing face of Appalachia—and its role in the presidential race. By Chris Offutt.
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A Report from Occupied Territory
Negroes have always held, the lowest jobs, the most menial jobs, which are now being destroyed by automation. No remote provision has yet been made to absorb this labor surplus. Furthermore, the Negro's education, North and South, remains, almost totally, a segregated education. And, the police treat the Negro like a dog. By James Baldwin. (July 11, 1966)
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The Deepest Dig
The bottom of the ocean is the most remote place on Earth, but that isn’t stopping us from mining it. By Brooke Jarvis.
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Life Aboard a Renovated World War II Tugboat
With help from friends, a transplanted Philadelphian embarks on a voyage of discovery through Alaska's waters. By Brendan Jones.
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Going Inside Trump’s Chinese Tie Factories
A visit to the Chinese factories that made Donald Trump’s clothing brand possible. By Spencer Woodman.
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Firelight Along the Frontier
The fire department working a desolate New Mexico mesa is made up of 15 anarchists and recluses and led by a friendly giant whose job is to be an administrator in a place that defies administration. By Michael Canyon Meyer.
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The Story of My Leg
How military technology saved a veteran of a different kind of war. By Chas McCarty.
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The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
How ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic brew, became the latest trend in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley. By Ariel Levy.
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Twilight for the Sawfish
In West Africa, the sawfish was once a source of cultural pride and power. What happens to traditional African cultures as it disappears? By Jori Lewis. (June 14, 2016)
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Water Odyssey
Morgan Maassen
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Three Years of Nights
Violence convulses the city after dark. Reporting on it leaves its own scars. By Peter Nickeas.
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Altamont, The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day
I could feel it before I got there. Several miles out and the dark vibes curled through the air like a toxic vapor. Serpentine streams of people twisted through the hills, uncertain of exactly where they were going. There were no maps. No trails. No signs. Nothing pointing toward our destination: Altamont." By Marc Campbell.
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Dorchester County
“The injuries of slavery and its aftermath are palpable across these villages and farm communities, and the region’s relationship with Tubman’s legacy, and that of the Underground Railroad is, to the outsider, surprisingly fraught.” By Katie Ryder. (July 14, 2016)
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Out of Reach Hawaii
As the road and rail networks on the island of Oahu expand, so a ferocious tug of war is intensifying over its untouched wilderness. Breena Kerr takes to the wheel along the most beautiful highway in America and explores whether it's better to keep the country country.
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How to Use the Internet on the Summit of Everest
A journey to Everest base camp to see how technology is changing the world’s highest peak. By Daniel Oberhaus.
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Journey Through the Sahara
For 700km, day and night, we slithered through the vast uninhabited Sahara desert, sleeping on top of Mauritania’s infamous iron ore train. Heading for the coast, we hoped to find a place of forgotten shipwrecks and unknown surf. By Jody MacDonald.
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Exploring the Eastern Sierra Nevada Range
Looking back on 12 months of wandering by car and on foot. By Kellen Mohr.
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The Last Florida Indians Will Now Die
The Westward Plight of the Apalachee. By Justin Nobel.
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Shanty Dreams
A Quest for the Forgotten Stories of the Tennessee River. By Clay Duda. (July 21, 2016)
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