July/August 2011

2011 July/August

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A fuel convoy bound to resupply NATO forces in Afghanistan burns after an attack by militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.| ARSHAD ARBAB/EPA/Corbis
Feature

Blood and Oil

The Pentagon will no longer tolerate oil's "burden in blood."

By Edward Humes

July 20, 2011

trees
Feature

A Missing Peace

Can wilderness adventure repair the ravages of war?

By Reed McManus

July 5, 2011

illustration of a person riding an ebike
Feature

Look, It's a Cheatercycle!

How a pedaling purist learned to love (or at least not be so embarrassed by) electric bikes

By Lynn Rapoport

July 1, 2011

Warning signs bearing a skull and crossbones border the strawberry fields adjacent to the Rios family's home in Watsonville, California.
Feature

Refusing to Bend

The children of Central California farmworkers have launched a ground-level battle against agribusiness.

By Rosie Spinks

July 25, 2011

Sollee (right) and crew on the road in Encinitas, California.
Feature

Ride, Sollee, Ride

A cellist's self-propelled musical tour comes with flat tires, Clif Bars, and a lot of new friends

By Matt Skenazy

July 5, 2011

illustration of housing
Feature

Living Large Driving Less

What makes a community livable? How about getting rid of cars?

By Tom Vanderbilt

July 1, 2011

person running
Feature

Silent Running

A stroll through the woods can inspire, but to experience nature as your fleet-footed ancestors did, lose the clunky shoes

By Daniel Duane

July 1, 2011

bees
Notes from Here & There

Bees in Peril

The EPA is slow to move on pesticide blamed in honeybee collapse

By David Darlington

July 1, 2011

El Capitan
Eyewitness

The Second Man: A Father Shows His Son the Ropes

A father and son climb El Capitan

By Jeff Achey

July 1, 2011