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October 2016

Features

On the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s secret landing on Cuba’s southern shore, our man in Havana journeys into the island’s rebel heart

Tony Perrottet; Photographs by João Pina

My name is Thomas Jefferson and I approve this mudslinging

In the mountains of southern Arizona, a wildlife biologist tracks a phantom jaguar in the shadow of a looming mining development project

Richard Grant; Photographs by Bill Hatcher

We sent America’s most acclaimed travel writer to find the truth behind the myths of the Mexican border

Paul Theroux; Photographs by Dominic Bracco II

As safari parks encroach on their ancestral lands, indigenous groups struggle to maintain their ways of life

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz; Photographs by Christopher Wilson

Reader responses to our July/August issue

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Capitalizing on a sordid past to conquer Mount Rushmore

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An eerie vision of the luminous magic we find in ourselves

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Cracking the mystery of birds’ uncanny sense of direction

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A celebrated architect goes out on a limb with a bold new take on building tall with timber

On an island in Florida, a rare wild rodent is threatened by the world’s most devastating invasive species

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