In This Issue

September -- October 2007

FEATURE: Past Imperfect

History Lessons
What we’re taught and what's ignored
by Keith Goetzman

Can We Handle the Truth?
America's selective memory and massacres long since forgotten
by Howard Zinn, from the book A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

Forgetting Hitler
A growing number of young German Muslims lash out against Holocaust studies
by Stacy Perman, from Guilt & Pleasure

In the Trenches
A powerful war poem teaches history and humility
by Patrick Hicks, from Florida Review

Mentoring

The New Elders
Eric Utne and career coach Richard Leider on mentoring, wisdom, and why boomers can still save the world
interview by David Schimke

You Say You Want a Revolution?
A boomer on her generation's legacy and lessons learned
by K.C. Compton

Tangled Up in Me
Hey boomers: Get over yourselves. Then maybe we'll pay attention
by Joseph Hart

Stars of Africa

The Top 50 African Artists
From a continent bursting with creativity, here's the cream of the crop
from Developments

Art of Statistics 

Running the Numbers
A photographic series makes sense of the incomprehensible
by Julie Hanus
images by Chris Jordan

Emerging Ideas 

Climate Changers
Can "geoengineers" save the planet with a quick fix?
by Bennett Gordon

The Shaman Is In
A tiny Amazonian village mixes traditional healing and modern medicine
by Andy Isaacson

The Two-Dollar Dance
A savvy strategy boosts strippers' tips
by Amanda Brooks, from $pread

Mixed Media 

Mortal Beauty
With camera and paintbrush, Kate Breakey memorializes the desert's dead
by Judy Arginteanu

The Prodigal Punk
Visiting a Chinese club revitalizes a jaded scenester
by Amy Adoyzie, from Razorcake

Queer Magazine Born Again
Founder of Venus, a publication for black lesbians, repudiates lifestyle
by Joseph Hart

Mindful Living

A Study a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Hard evidence could be the best medicine for patients and the health care system
by Leyla Kokmen

Bodies and Souls
InterPlay fuses movement and storytelling to create spiritual discipline
by Jon Spayde

The Fasting Track
Hollywood popularized the detox diet. Don't believe the hype
by Melissa Knopper, from E

Greener Pastures
Ecofriendly strategies for healthier meat-eating
by Hannah Lobel

Message in the Munchies
What you snack on reveals more than you think
by Lisa Turner, from Alternative Medicine

Gleanings 

The Prize Inside
A Slavic fisherman's daughter waits on a guilty pleasure
by Toni Mirosevich, from Gastronomica

Becoming Indian
An Ojibway man learns from his long-lost grandfather
by Richard Wagamese, from Canadian Dimension

A Ditch Runs Through It
For two devoted anglers, fishing filthy waterways is good, clean escapism  
by Jeffrey Ewing, from Sacramento News & Review

Worlds Without End
A cosmic snapshot tests the limits of comprehension
by Anthony Doerr, from Orion

Editor's Note
by David Schimke
Letters
Shelf Life
by Danielle Maestretti
Heartland
by Nina Utne