Matthew Power is a contributing editor at Harper's.
Each spring on Costa Rica’s desolate Caribbean coast, endangered leatherback sea turtles come ashore at night to lay and hide their eggs. Poachers steal them for cash, and as Matthew Power reports,...
Sebastian Junger’s powerful new documentary about the life of war photographer Tim Hetherington shows us why dedicated journalists are needed now more than ever
In 1900, Chicagoans remade their city’s namesake river. Then they let it go to hell.
Hollywood sticks it to the energy establishment with the new Matt Damon and John Krasinski film.
International humanitarian-aid group Doctors Without Borders, best known for conducting emergency health care interventions in war-torn countries, set up a makeshift clinic for Hurricane Sandy...
Exploring by motorcycle ranks high on our list of adventures. There’s the obvious stuff: the blur of road beneath your feet, the shifting horizon. Then there’s the satisfaction that comes from, say,...
Six great fiction and non-fiction books and book reviews for your summer reading.
From Australia's Blue Mountains to the Great Barrier Reef, from hiking adventures to surfing. Australia Has It All – 7 Smart Australian Trips.
Australia’s Northern Territory is our kind of place—a vast expanse of desert playgrounds, tropical rainforests, and supersize wildlife. Buckle up with Matthew Power as he bounces through the most...
A new book tackles the disappearance of famed explorer Percy Fawcett
Paul Theroux rides the rails with a Eurasian encore