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Teenage Riot - São Paulo

Progressives in São Paulo have been commemorating the National Day of the Free Pass since 2005, when people surrounded City Hall until a bill guaranteeing free public transportation for students was approved. These days, the fight for a free pass on public transportation is not only for students, but for everyone. Full story

All the PDA in Salerno

Public displays of affection are part of the daily fabric of life in Italy. In America we are typically guarded when we publically express our affection for others, and it reads as petty and self-involved. Italians are not afflicted this way: Lovers barrel over each other in a gr… Full story

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Death of the American Hobo

We traveled by freight train to the 112th National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, to see what was left of hobo life. We felt as if we were a pair of early Americans—pioneers far from home on a great adventure. Each train was a roll of the die, a unique and unpredictable experien… Full story

Death of the American Hobo

The National Hobo Convention Reaches the End of the Line

If highways and roads are America’s veins, the hundreds of thousands of miles of tracks are like those chakra diagrams in acupuncturists’ offices, the hidden flows of energy that affect the body as a whole. Full story

My Parents Know More Than You - Is Love Real? How I Met Your Mother, How I Met Your Father

I was mid-asking my dad what a "Skrillex" was when he interrupted me to say, "Baby, do you remember when yer mom poured grits on m'head?" Here is their story of true love. Full story

A Doomed Train-Hopping Trip

Hitchhiking, hot tubs, hiding from the cops, oogles, moped rallies, and beef jerky. Full story

Steady Bombin'

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