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A Repat’s Guide to Boston

After years abroad, Melissa A Watkins moved back to the US, settling in Boston. Would peeking behind the veil to see the real Boston convince her to stay or reinforce her growing discomfort with US culture?

  • 24 January
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More than a Feeling

The Statesider, Issue 65: Back “home” in Boston, park overpopulation, getting down in Puget Sound, and looking up at an icon. Plus, a newly public archive from the Smithsonian and a primate park-and-ride.

  • 24 January
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Watching the Whales Go Round

The Statesider, Issue 64: Big whales, small harbor, Native control of national parks, hot potatoes, surfing for everyone, Black Wall Street reborn (twice), and important pants.

  • 22 December
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Depoe Bay: A Photo Essay on the Gray Whale Capital of Oregon

A photo essay on Depoe Bay, Oregon, home to the smallest navigable harbor on the West Coast. Today, the town is transitioning from a working fishing port to a town focused on whale watching and tourism.

  • 22 December
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The Tornado Map You Never Knew You Needed

For a time, Rachel-Heston Davis suffered from lilapsophobia: the unhealthy fear of tornadoes. (If you had asked her at the time, she would’ve told you it was quite healthy, in fact totally rational, to fear tornadoes.) That fear turned to fascination over time, and a particular fascination with the many memorials to historic tornadoes across… Read More

  • 13 November
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Twistin’ the Night Away

The Statesider, Issue 63: American elections for tourists, twisters, tortilla masters, Chicago time travel, big red barns, and a visit to our oldest living things.

  • 13 November
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Statesider Originals

A Repat’s Guide to Boston

Melissa A Watkins

Depoe Bay: A Photo Essay on the Gray Whale Capital of Oregon

Sarah Arnoff Yeoman

The Tornado Map You Never Knew You Needed

Rachel Heston-Davis

Tracing a Trail of Black Rebellion

Jalen Coats

The Road to Columbine Heaven

Shara Johnson

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