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How MEC Lost Touch with Its Roots

September 22, 2020November 13, 2023 - by Harley Rustad

Mountain Equipment Co-op was always key to my life as an adventurer. Now, I barely recognize it

World

Exploration Is a Flawed Notion

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 - by Wade Davis

Explorers need to shed their self-obsession. Discovery isn’t about setting an endurance record

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Media

Letter to a Young Indigenous Journalist

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 - by Waubgeshig Rice

You will feel alone. You will want to give up. But I urge you to keep going

Media / Society

Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists

August 21, 2020February 10, 2022 - by Pacinthe Mattar

Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back

Business

Ditch the Sweatpants

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 - by Josh Greenblatt

The business of fashion is in crisis. But as our lockdown outfits get weirder, they’re also closer to representing who we really are

Black and white photo of people, some on ox-drawn cart, others on donkeys or walking, as they migrate, following the Partition of India, October 1947

World

Writing in My Father’s Voice

July 31, 2020August 15, 2022 - by Madhur Anand

My parents lived through the Partition of India. To tell their stories, I had to put myself in their shoes

Illustration of a couple sitting at a restaurant table in front of a blue sky–printed curtain. The curtain is slightly pulled back as a waiter emerges; behind it is the inner workings of a restaurant kitchen.

Business / September/October 2020

Is Dining Out Dead?

July 23, 2020August 21, 2020 - by Corey Mintz

Some experts predict that 60 percent of restaurants won’t survive the lockdown. Here’s what chefs, owners, and their employees are doing to stay alive