“A new exhibition focuses on the labor behind the lobsters, caviar, and martinis that helped define early-twentieth-century travel.”
air travel
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The Final Flight of the Airline Magazine
“United’s in-flight publication goes digital—and marks the end of an era.”
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A Drunk Mechanic, Shackled Immigrants, a Crash Landing: The Dangers of ICE Flights
“The airlines behind immigration flights aren’t household names, and they rarely land at major airports. They’re part of a shadow world of contractors that transport immigrants for profit. Since 2004, they have charged the U.S. government — and its taxpayers — more than $2 billion.”
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‘We Are Slowly Being Poisoned’
Kiera Feldman investigates how toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on airplanes.
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The Cobra in the Can and other Shenanigans at LAX
And then there was the man “who tried strutting through security with 84 songbirds taped to his body.”
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My Own Private Iceland
When an island nation of 300,000 residents receives more than two million tourists a year, radical change is inevitable — but is it all negative?
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Companion Fair?
“That’s what Dad’s AAirpass and ultra-elite flying status yielded for him: lifelong bonds.”
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‘Something’s Got to Give’: Redux
“Get me out of here — I’m losing it!”
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The Elements of Bureaucratic Style
The bureaucratic voice presents governments and corporations as placid, apologetic, and unmovable. It also makes their victims as active as possible.