Moscow
Dead and Kicking
Writer's haunts—and haunting writers—in Moscow
Moscow is a city of dead writers. No matter where you look, they are everywhere. Over...
DIVE DEEP INTO SOUTH KOREA
Get transported, even when you’re stuck at home. Our latest guide is a fascinating look at the country everyone is watching, as it deftly fights COVID-19. Meet Koreans from all walks of life, from K-pop stars to the women challenging K-beauty standards.
Moscow
Taking to the Streets
Pro-democracy protests were loud in Moscow in 2011, but slowly got quieter
It was Monday, December 5, 2011—a grey, warm afternoon, and a thin cover of snow started melting again around Dmitry Medvedev’s luxurious mansion in Gorki, outside Moscow. Medvedev, Russia’s outgoing president, was in a good mood. His presidential watch was almost over—in a few months, Vladimir Putin would replace him in the Kremlin—yet he had a reason to celebrate with his staffers: the vote count of the parliamentary election the day before was showing that United Russia, the ruling party, performed well and secured a majority in Russian Duma. Medvedev was heading United Russia’s ticket. It was part of the “castling”...
Global
COVID-19 Around the World 5.28.20
Each week, we’re taking a look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world. Here’s...
Caribbean
My Father’s Land
The indelible marks of slavery in Jamaica
Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? Sirs, in that grey...
Florida
Biscayne’s Black Heritage
How a pioneering farmer and former slave helped create a national park
It’s a cloudless day in Biscayne National Park in South Florida, and the calm of the...
Lagos
The Kuti Legacy
Femi Kuti on politics, family and the future of Nigerian music
A uniquely congenial atmosphere welcomes visitors to The New Afrika Shrine in the Ikeja area of...
Caribbean
Constant State of Emergency
The Jamaica that goes unseen
There are certain things typical of an island paradise that remind me of growing up in...
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United States
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The Environmental Beef With Cattle
A few years ago, engineers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands worked out the “water footprint”—that is the amount of fresh water used in the production or supply of goods and services—by country. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the United States topped the list of average consumer consumption at 2,842 cubic meters per year. But what comes as a shock is that meat consumption is responsible for 30% of that figure. A pound of beef requires 1,799 gallons of water.
Encounters that take you there.
Before there were guidebooks, 18th- and 19th-century authors wrote “stranger’s guides” to cities and countries, pamphlets and books that combined helpful tips with particular and offbeat advice and context: the best boarding houses alongside bits of history, preferred brothels as well as ways to avoid pickpockets. These guides were far removed from a modern, sanitized Fodor’s—rather they were personal, eccentric and intimate portrayals of place.
Stranger’s Guide is a modern version of that idea—a publication that reveals the intricacies of places across the globe, through both local and foreign eyes.
