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Vincent van Gogh: on the Road to Revolution
Tim Keane, Special To Utne Reader
Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish
By James Hoggan With Thich Nhat Hanh, From I'M Right And You'Re An Idiot
The Steel Strike of 1937
By Ahmed White
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
By Nik Harron
The Hydraulic System: The ‘Vascular System’ of Plants
By Stefano Mancuso And Alessandra Viola
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Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish
By James Hoggan With Thich Nhat Hanh, From I'M Right And You'Re An Idiot
The Steel Strike of 1937
The Memorial Day Massacre was only the beginning of the bloody “Little Steel Strike,” where unions and laborers protested the companies that refused to acknowledge their rights under The New Deal.
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
We may be living within an “ancestor simulation” being conducted by our future descendants.
The Hydraulic System: The ‘Vascular System’ of Plants
A plant’s hydraulic system is comparable to a human’s vascular system. Not only that, but plants also possess other similarities to other living species on Earth.
The Art of the Police Report
By Ellen Collett, From The Writer's Chronicle
Surviving a Crocodile Attack
A near-death experience can reveal the truth about nature in an instant. But putting that insight into words can take years....
Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
The Japanese tradition of wabi-sabi offers an inspiring new way to look at your home, and your whole life....
Der Indianer: Why do 40,000 Germans spend their weekends dressed as Native Americans?
Some 40,000 German “hobbyists” spend their weekends trying to live exactly as Indians of the North American plains did over two centuries ago. They recreate tepee encampments, dress in animal skins and furs, and forgo modern tools, using handmade bone knives to cut and prepare food. They address each other by adopted Indian-sounding names such as White Wolf. Many feel an intense spiritual link to Native myths and spirituality, and talk about “feeling” Native on the inside.
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The Art of the Police Report
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Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
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Der Indianer: Why do 40,000 Germans spend their weekends dressed as Native Americans?
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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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