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Ken Ilgunas

Ken Ilgunas is a journalist and the author of Trespassing across America: One Man’s Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland.

Sarah Pallin, Donald Trump (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Brian Snyder/Shannon Stapleton/Photo montage by Salon)

Donald Trump is an environmental nightmare: Keystone, climate change and the GOP’s demented pander

Ken Ilgunas

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My crushing student debt

Ken Ilgunas

My 1,700-mile hike across the XL Pipeline

Ken Ilgunas

The author braves the rain at Zuccotti Park, as part of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration

My soggy, frustrating, inspiring week Occupying Wall Street

Ken Ilgunas

I live in a van down by Duke University

Ken Ilgunas