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ROAD TRIP | Namib-Naukluft National Park

After spending a week getting lost along the wet, windy coast of Swakopmund, Namibia, in a wave of wanderlust and renewed energy we decided to experience even ... Read More...

Nature’s Hacker | Urban Farming at Plant Jamaica

"Can you believe that five years ago I didn’t know how to plant anything?” Andrew Bruce wondered aloud as we walked on a seven-acre farm in Stony Hill, Jamaica.... Read More...

ARCHIVISTS’ NOTE | AUGUST 2019

Now we come to the end of our Elements issue with this month’s theme: Earth. This month we’re exploring Guerilla Farming in Urban Cities with Andrew Bruce, owner of Plant Jamaica - a seven-acre farm in Stony Hill, Jamaica. In his interview, Bruce... Read More...

Spelunking While Black | Black History at Mammoth Cave

African Americans played a vital role in the development of cave tour routes and the visitor experience throughout the 19th and early 20th century. The first ... Read More...

I Went on a Voodoo Pilgrimage in Haiti

In July, hundreds of pilgrims made their way to an isolated town in the northwest of Haiti, called Anse-à-Foleur or Ansafolè. The journey celebrates a black sai... Read More...

Dream of Retiring Abroad? Medicare Doesn’t Travel Well

When Karen Schirack, 67, slipped on her way into her house in January and broke her left femur in multiple places, she had a decision to make. Should she get surgery to repair the fractured thigh bone and replace her hip near Ajijic, Mexico, where sh... Read More...

Notes From an Angry Black Hunter | Guns, Genocide and the Stolen Ground You ‘Own’

When I hunt, usually on white people’s land, I wonder if they know who lived there before. Or what would happen if I was just some random Black man on their p... Read More...

How Soil Acts as a Living Witness to Racial Violence

The Equal Justice Initiative is using soil to document the lynchings of more than 4,400 African-descended people between 1877 and 1950. In July... Read More...

Get Connected | 4 Locations To Help Quiet a Restless Spirit

Getting out of your daily routine and the demands of the rat race and unplugging for some time, while you reboot, recharge, and reconnect is one of the best ways to reset and find peace. In these days and times where the average person’s a... Read More...

Earth Magic | Explore The Pagan Past in Ireland & Scotland

Scotland Though the Celtic peoples of Scotland were long ago converted to Christianity, traces of the Pagan past can still be found, even among the most popula... Read More...

Africa’s Highest Point | Ascending Mount Kilimanjaro

The early mornings. The arduous trek. The exhaustion and doubt, but the determination to persevere. The exhilaration when you reach the top. If you’re an avid c... Read More...

Team Blackstar Skydivers and The History of Black Skydiving

“We aren’t anything new. We aren’t reinventing the wheel. People of color have been active in skydiving for a long time, but it hasn’t been captured anywhere. Our goal, among other things, is to preserve that for posterity.” IMG: Team Bla... Read More...

Oh, the Air Up There | Mountaineering Is It For You?

Mountaineering is a type of climbing and can include a variety of terrains such as rock, snow, ice, and dirt among other terrains, to reach a summit (the mounta... Read More...

All The Way Up | World Mountain Escapes

There’s something about being up high in the mountains. Fresh, crisp air, stunning panoramic views and being above it all heightens the senses with an exhilarat... Read More...

How Air Guitar Became A Serious Sport

Inspired by African American guitar virtuosos of the first half of the 20th century, artists like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Rick Nielsen and Lita Ford adopted showy stage antics. Advertised as the “greatest thing you’ve ne... Read More...

The Disgusting Food Museum | Curating 80 of the World’s Most Repulsive Dishes

Often we get to know each other by talking which foods we like. Perhaps even more often, we get to know each other by talking about which foods we hate. Enterta... Read More...

Legacy Flight Academy

"Statistics consistently show that African-Americans represent only about 2% of pilots in both military and commercial aviation. Early exposure to aviation is... Read More...

Travel Health | Aviophobia | Are You Afraid of Flying?

We’re jetting off overseas more than ever but that doesn’t mean we like it, with as many as one in four travelers admitting to a fear of flying. Here’s what you can do to cope with aviation travel. How common is it? Fear of flying – or avio... Read More...

God On High | Top 5 Vietnamese Spiritual Works at Extreme Heights

As spiritual tourism becomes popular in Vietnam. Dong Pagoda, Kito Statue, Linh Ung Pagoda, Shakyamuni Buddha Statue, and Linh Son Tien Thach Pagoda are 5 t... Read More...

ARCHIVISTS’ NOTE | JULY 2019

Continuing our Elements theme, this month’s issue is all about Air. We’re taking you way up in Ascending Mount Kilimanjaro and Mountaineering, is it for you? L... Read More...

Top 5 Countries For White Water Rafting

As someone who embraces off the beaten path forms of travel and “adventurous” outdoor experiences and someone who refuses to be limited by societal norms and standards of me based on my gender and race, I bring you five countries that boast the best ... Read More...

Where To Travel Solo Dolo

If there’s one thing everyone should learn about traveling it is that the planning process can be especially overwhelming and lengthy when other people are invo... Read More...

Real Life Atlantis | Underwater Cities

EX FILES | When Does a Person of Color Get to Be an Expat?

I’m Black. I’m Hispanic. I’m a woman. And I’m an American who has lived “outside their native country” in Cameroon, Costa Rica, and now Istanbul, Turkey. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this makes me an expatriate or expat. But I wr... Read More...

Why is water sacred to Native Americans?

The Lakota phrase “Mní wičhóni,” or “Water is life,” has become a new national protest anthem. It was chanted by 5,000 marchers at the Native Nations March i... Read More...

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Nature’s Hacker | Urban Farming at Plant Jamaica

EX FILES | When Does a Person of Color Get to Be an Expat?

EX FILES | Claudette Hatcher | England & Holland