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North America

Fictio Legis

Valeria Luiselli

Two couples and a stranger on a plane ride to Mexico City

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • North America
  • Air travel
  • Fiction

Defending Life and Water

Madeleine Wattenbarger

The struggle over clean drinking water taps into a conflict at the heart of life in Mexico City

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • North America
  • Environment
  • Water

Stories on Skin

photography by Federico Gama

Tattoos across Mexico City

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • North America
  • Photography
  • Tattoos

Improvising Survival

David Lida

The clash between the new global gentrifiers and Mexico City’s informal economies.

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • Gentrification
  • Poverty

Bullfighting

Stranger’s Guide

Three-quarters of Mexicans support a ban

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • North America
  • Sports

The Pulque Chronicles

Daniel Hernandez

Mexico’s pre-Hispanic alcoholic drink finds new life in the city’s old school bars.

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • North America
  • Drink
  • Food

The Underworld

Stranger’s Guide

The sewer diver of Mexico City

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • North America
  • Diving

Eternal Funeral Pyres

Stranger’s Guide

The myth behind the Mexican volcanoes Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl

  • Mexico
  • Mexico City
  • South America
  • Mountain

Consider the Diner

Dave Weigel

Greasy spoon cafes are the must-visit destination for reporters on the campaign trail

  • North America
  • United States
  • Food
  • Journalism
  • Politics

Readings

Delicious Risk

  • North America
  • United States
  • Food
  • Nonfiction

Readings

He Shoots, He Scores!

  • New York
  • North America
  • United States
  • Poetry
  • Sports

Readings

One with the Infinite

  • North America
  • United States
  • Nonfiction
  • Solitude
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