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11/20/2009 10:42:46 AM
The University of California’s tuition hike is the latest move in a long-standing trend of disinvestment in higher education....
11/19/2009 4:42:50 PM
How much do you know about what the world thinks? Take a quiz and find out....
11/19/2009 8:59:45 AM
A British company allowing people to anonymously monitor some of London's 4.3 million CCTVs, and make money while doing it....
11/16/2009 5:23:07 PM
The World Cup is coming to South Africa next year, and poor South Africans are paying the price....
11/9/2009 12:23:47 PM
An overstretched military is turning to military personnel who go absent
without leave and then are caught or turn themselves in....
11/6/2009 5:22:35 PM
Melissa del Bosque, whose phenomenal reports for The Texas Observer are always worth reading, spent some quality time with a couple of cantankerous lawmen for her latest assignment, "Boots on the Ground: A Day in the Life of a Border Sheriff"....
11/6/2009 3:43:02 PM
The nation’s unemployment topped 10 percent in last month, but for young people, that number is much higher....
11/3/2009 2:36:44 PM
Our leaders evidently never saw a
war to which the word "more" didn't apply. Hence the Afghan War, where
impending disaster is just an invitation to fuel the flames of an
already roaring fire.
11/2/2009 4:02:09 PM
Americans are as punitive as they can afford to be....
10/29/2009 5:51:20 PM
In the spirit of celebrating fetid foodstuffs, KoreAm Journal walks readers through “a breakdown of the smelliest edibles from Asia”…
10/29/2009 1:12:24 PM
While the tone of the Obama administration is different from that of its predecessor, and some of its foreign policies diverge from those of George W. Bush, at their core both administrations subscribe to a similar doctrine....
10/27/2009 5:31:34 PM
People with progressive politics shouldn’t reflexively shun sports, says sportswriter and Utne visionary Dave Zirin…
10/21/2009 5:11:29 PM
American citizens and state legislators are looking to marijuana for some relief from the ongoing economic crisis....
10/19/2009 5:32:25 PM
A neo-conservative magazine argues that greed is not good. It’s not even capitalism....
10/15/2009 5:36:29 PM
The Committee for Retirement Alternatives for Women espouses 10 revolutionary principles for senior housing.
10/15/2009 5:21:06 PM
As the boomers enter their twilight years, demographers estimate that as many as 90 percent of them will want to remain at home and maintain as much independence as possible.
10/15/2009 5:18:36 PM
Growing old, moving on up
10/15/2009 5:16:53 PM
Do-gooders on vacation call it voluntourism. But is it doing anyone any good?
10/15/2009 3:53:54 PM
American physicians were complicit in the Bush administration’s torture policy.
10/15/2009 3:49:15 PM
Hiking for humanity on the US-Mexico border with the group No More Deaths.
10/15/2009 3:18:49 PM
Humanitarian activists and federal agents do battle on the Mexican border.
10/15/2009 3:13:45 PM
On San Francisco’s Haight Street, “the Wal-Mart of bongs” is squeezing out all of those good old community-friendly head shops.
10/15/2009 3:06:24 PM
President Obama has plenty of pressing matters on his plate, but the administration could incorporate the anti-sweatshop movement seamlessly into its foreign agenda.
10/14/2009 5:26:43 PM
Thieves and violent criminals frequently target Hispanic immigrants in U.S. cities, zeroing in on a community that, due to an often justified distrust of law enforcement, is unlikely to report being victimized. Especially vulnerable are people who are undocumented.
10/13/2009 5:29:44 PM
As the economy sputters, community groups offer alternatives to military service
10/13/2009 5:27:09 PM
If the city of Medellín carries any association, it’s likely that of violence. Today, however, Medellín is setting an entirely different sort of example.
10/13/2009 5:18:04 PM
An unforgettable part of Mexico City’s chaotic milieu is its omnipresent street children, who sell candy, juggle, and implore passersby for change.
10/13/2009 5:07:49 PM
No more slumdogs
10/13/2009 5:05:20 PM
Baghdad’s underground railroad.
10/13/2009 2:43:16 PM
Kim Bobo Executive Director, Interfaith Worker JusticeUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 2:26:06 PM
One of the first activists to insert race and class into the environmental debate, this too-often underappreciated author has written 15 essential books, including Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina.
10/13/2009 2:07:43 PM
Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray Garcia Cofounder, POOR MagazineUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 11:57:08 AM
Billions of people who are excluded from legal systems are unable to expect, or fight for, the most basic of social and economic rights. Patricia van Nispen tot Sevenaer is addressing the oversight—one person at a time.
10/13/2009 10:36:46 AM
Partha Dasgupta saw what gross domestic product (GDP) wasn’t measuring—the state of a country’s environmental resources, education, and human welfare—so he came up with a new system. And his “inclusive wealth” concept is starting to catch on.
10/13/2009 10:31:39 AM
Nearly everyone’s talking about the economy, saying it’s time to reevaluate priorities—yet most folks still aren’t comfortable discussing wealth and class. Which is why the dynamic conversation being kicked up by Enough is so essential.
10/13/2009 10:29:44 AM
Julie Cajune, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, works tirelessly in education.
10/13/2009 10:22:30 AM
Founder and executive director of The Open Planning Project, Mark Gorton wants citizens to question the role of automobiles in the world and to recognize how inefficient and inappropriate they are for an urban environment.
10/13/2009 10:16:33 AM
Maya Enista wants to create an AARP for the millennial generation, helping people people see millennials as having more value than just helping with your social networking.
10/13/2009 9:59:32 AM
Noah Baker Merrill's organization, Direct Aid Iraq, operates on a simple principle: Americans have a responsibility to support a peaceful future for Iraqis, and building relationships is part of that restitution process.
10/13/2009 9:56:48 AM
Dave Zirin is the thinking fan’s sportswriter, using our various fields of battle as a sociological lens.
10/12/2009 4:01:03 PM
Rana HusseiniNov Dec 2009by Utne Reader staff
10/12/2009 3:57:19 PM
Enrique PenalosaNov Dec 2009by Utne Reader staff
10/12/2009 3:54:59 PM
Disabled people attract stares—and this social critic posits that the attention sometimes transforms a would-be stigma into empowerment.
10/12/2009 3:51:01 PM
The philosophical leader of the animal rights movement helped construct a legal framework around the issue—and whatever your stand, he’ll make you rethink it.
10/12/2009 3:46:37 PM
50 revolutionary inventors, innovative environmentalists, vociferous outcasts, and intrepid reformers with an unwavering, inexhaustible sense of purpose in their work.
10/9/2009 5:42:17 PM
The U.S. dairy system has shifted westward, and conditions for workers in these big dairies are often little better than they are for the cows…
10/9/2009 5:10:06 PM
From Eleanor Roosevelt to Ken Saro-Wiwa, Foreign Policy profiles seven visionary people who never won a Nobel Peace Prize—but should have….
10/9/2009 4:51:15 PM
If you don’t start plugging the mailbox, it just might disappear…
10/9/2009 4:48:40 PM
If people knew how bad fast food is, they’d eat less, right? Not according to a new study...
10/9/2009 4:39:17 PM
Writing for the American Prospect, Arlie Hochschild tenderly unpacks a burgeoning area of medical tourism: international surrogacy…
10/9/2009 4:10:37 PM
What if there is no American solution to Afghanistan? What if no alternative, or combination of alternatives, will work? What if the only thing Martians can effectively do is destroy—or leave?
10/1/2009 2:58:11 PM
What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning? Arundhati Roy tackles these questions with fury and grace.
9/18/2009 11:42:35 AM
Working for a successful company isn’t all it’s cracked up to be....
9/18/2009 10:41:19 AM
Because the United States does not look like a militarized country, it's hard for Americans to grasp that Washington is a war capital, that the United States is a war state, and that the norm for us is to be at war somewhere at any moment....
9/16/2009 5:17:17 PM
Cheap online colleges are threatening big name universities and the transmission of our civilization from one generation to the next....
9/15/2009 4:12:07 PM
There are six lobbyists trying to influence health-care legislation for every single member of the House and Senate. And that's just one front the Obama administration has opened....
9/10/2009 4:32:59 PM
Sounding off about the government can be put to good use through the @2gov website....
9/10/2009 4:29:55 PM
Rep. Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” as Obama dismissed rumors that a health care plan would cover “illegal” immigrants. ColorLines’ Rinku Sen unpacks the loaded term….
9/10/2009 3:20:50 PM
For this eighth anniversary of that terrible day, the first post-Bush-era anniversary, let's remember what actually happened.
9/9/2009 11:29:08 AM
Mostly, the women of Ayacucho, Peru don’t want to tell their stories of the armed conflict there. That’s because mostly, their stories are of gang rape. What if the men were compelled to tell the stories of their crimes?...
9/3/2009 10:47:19 AM
A veteran wonders whatever happened to the resolute, undemonstrative strength of Gary Cooper?
9/1/2009 12:53:50 PM
You don’t need a standardized test to know how well a school is performing. You just need to check the bathroom....
8/28/2009 2:37:31 PM
If thinking about Detroit conjures up depressing images of battle-scarred landscapes, you must read Mark Dowie’s ambitious proposal to turn the city into an “agrarian paradise”….
8/28/2009 12:36:04 PM
Iraqi's women bearing the physical scars of war, most of them women, are turning to plastic surgery and hoping it will end the stares and mockery they endure daily....
8/27/2009 4:42:42 PM
New York public schools are giving students cell phones and rewarding them for attendance and good behavior with free phone credits....
8/24/2009 8:14:37 AM
Two young architects are taking a novel approach to improving slum housing in India: They’re working with the community to improve houses gradually and organically, and gathering design input and support from the people who live there....
8/21/2009 11:24:08 AM
What is the meaning of the constitutional right of habeas corpus in the new and potentially expanding context of terrorism detention?
8/20/2009 10:30:56 AM
The Texas legislature recently voted to increase funding for state schools for the mentally disabled. Yet the famously under-funded schools still face many challenges....
8/19/2009 5:29:10 PM
The Southern Poverty Law Center has created an interactive map, detailing the whereabouts of the 926 active hate groups in the United States....
8/19/2009 4:35:05 PM
The millennials will change the face of American politics, but no one—especially progressives—should take them for granted.
8/18/2009 9:24:43 AM
The White House touts transparency, which can too easily turn into "transparency theater." What’s needed is authenticity....
8/17/2009 4:01:32 PM
Call them squatter villages, tent cities, or informal urbanism—more people are calling them home
8/17/2009 1:34:02 PM
Ten years ago a Dutch organization called Women on Waves devised a solution for women seeking abortions in countries that ban it: an abortion clinic on a ship....
8/17/2009 12:51:16 PM
The detention, torture, and murder of lesbian, gay, and transgendered people in Iraq is the subject of a Human Rights Watch report released this week....
8/17/2009 11:57:35 AM
Michael Ostrolenk, president of the Transpartisan Center, urges us to turn conflict into intellectual fuel.
8/17/2009 11:54:41 AM
Before reimagining our politics, we have to learn to trust one another—at least a little bit.
8/17/2009 11:50:51 AM
The demonization that mars our politics is a failure of moral imagination
8/14/2009 2:38:42 PM
President Obama’s demands for transparency and accountability are echoing in the halls of state and local governments.
8/14/2009 2:32:54 PM
An underground university in Minsk teaches what other Belarusian schools cannot
8/14/2009 2:27:40 PM
The sorry state of prison health care is widely understood and, sadly, widely tolerated....
8/14/2009 2:22:34 PM
Blaming the Jews
8/13/2009 12:54:54 PM
The invisible history that sparked the Burmese government's relationship with Aung San Suu Kyi....
8/12/2009 2:15:11 PM
To win the videogame Star Wars: TIE Fighter, players must defend a galactic empire against an overmatched, guerilla “terrorist” insurgency. Sound familiar?...
8/12/2009 11:11:18 AM
After risking their lives for American troops in Afghanistan, translators are often abandoned and mistreated by the largest suppliers of translators to the U.S. military....
8/12/2009 9:56:11 AM
Finding better ways to increase mobility for disabled people....
8/11/2009 8:25:52 AM
In the United States, breastfeeding can be a controversial act. In Mongolia, it’s perfectly natural….
8/9/2009 5:31:06 PM
The recession might just cause the end of the dominance of men in finance....
8/5/2009 1:18:55 PM
What happened to New Haven, Connecticut’s 800 missing students? Four years ago, 1,796 freshmen enrolled, but only 1,000 graduated this spring. And no one can explain it….
8/5/2009 10:52:50 AM
Human rights, war and peace, social justice, and activism
8/3/2009 11:37:46 AM
A hilarious animated exploration of thinking outside of the box...
7/31/2009 3:06:36 PM
Imperialism is the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room
7/30/2009 6:19:05 PM
Obama's delicate progressive balancing act...
7/24/2009 10:04:37 AM
What happens if you suddenly lose everything and end up on the streets? Picture the Homeless offers up ten tips to help you survive.…
7/23/2009 3:14:39 PM
In the Tour de Fat bike parade, there were cowboys, Vikings, a green bumblebee, an Elvis, and men in dresses. We looked ridiculous, and we had a blast...
7/22/2009 5:27:36 PM
The Chavez government uses anti-Semitism to tamp down on political opposition....
7/21/2009 5:01:20 PM
Amid news of a stepped-up Internet clampdown in China, we’ve learned that artist and blogger Ai Weiwei has again provoked the ire of Chinese authorities...
7/21/2009 10:05:55 AM
David French, a Captain in the army and a lawyer, shares some insightful thoughts about the Obama administration and war rhetoric....
7/20/2009 1:45:22 PM
The National Weather Service predicts between four and seven hurricanes will hit the Atlantic basin this year. Just one of those storms could end the Cuban embargo...
7/16/2009 3:12:47 PM
Dallas has a strategy for ending homelessness, and it's fabulously uncomplicated: housing units for the homeless. And they're saving money in the process....
7/16/2009 12:10:18 PM
Introducing the Birther Bill, because the current President of the United States of America is not a citizen, or something....
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