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In the Pipeline’s Path
William H. Funk, From Earth Island Journal
Advocacy Resources
By Staff
Spring 2016 Utne Reader Table of Contents
By Staff
Remembering Brenda Ueland's Words
By Eric Utne
Rigged System
By Roxanna Asgarian, From Bitch
The Role of Plants in the Order of Life
By Mary Siisip Geniusz
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Spring 2016 Utne Reader Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Spring 2016
Remembering Brenda Ueland's Words
Memorializing Brenda Ueland through community-building.
Rigged System
Women truck drivers are paving their own way through an often-hostile industry.
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
An ethical guide to seafood.
Holocaust Humor
Will jokes about the Holocaust ever be funny?...
Burning the Shelter
A simple fire reveals the beginnings of our environmental crisis...
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The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
Burning the Shelter
By Louis Owens, From Colors Of Nature
Arts
The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound
Without evolving creativity and changes, new music will become a lost art.
The Summer of Dead Birds: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Ali Liebegott’s new book circles death like a buzzard.
Old Hollywood’s Forgotten Filmmaker
Take a closer look at James Stuart Blackton, a revolutionary filmmaker in old Hollywood who has received little credit.
The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World
Think watershed, act local.
Community
How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience
Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.
An Economy of False Profits
Our national allegiance to the monetary bottom line threatens to negate other measures of personal and communal wealth. What’s being sacrificed to the cult of money?
Can Blockchain be Used to Achieve Racial Equity?
Achieve racial equity through checks and balances a blockchain network provides by connecting everyone as nodes while still providing anonymity.
Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
Mind And Body
Growing Up Hippie
Maybe it was the earnest meditation practices or the homemade cardboard lunch box that caused me to rebel. As the adult daughter of flower children, I crave structure, tidiness, and lots of sugar....
Into the Rafters
Reflections on a football dream cut short.
Football Helmets and Concussions
Take a look at the concussion epidemic plaguing football players.
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
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