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![Getting to Know Your Emotions]()
Getting to Know Your Emotions By Dzogchen Ponlop -
![Logical Answers to Political Problems]()
Logical Answers to Political Problems
Most Americans share the same concerns when it comes to basic institutions in their everyday lives. So why do politicians steer clear of discussing these issues on the national stage? -
![Return to Nature for Spiritual Restoration]()
Return to Nature for Spiritual Restoration
Spending time in the natural world recharges us on a primal level, and you don't have to take a special trip to return to nature. Parks, green spaces and even vacant lots are all sources of direct contact with the earth. -
![Walking Across America: The Forgotten Feats of Edward Payson Weston]()
Walking Across America: The Forgotten Feats of Edward Payson Weston
Edward Payson Weston, professional pedestrian and celebrity in his time, left Manhattan on his seventieth birthday to walk across America.
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![The Stigma of Fast Food Work]()
The Stigma of Fast Food Work By Joey Franklin -
![The Most Human Art]()
The Most Human Art
Top ten reasons why we'll always need a good story. Originally published in the September-October 1997 issue of Utne Reader... -
![A Pen by the Phone]()
A Pen by the Phone
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![American Jerk]()
American Jerk
We have arrived at simultaneously the most and least civil moment in U.S. history...
Arts
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![The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World
Think watershed, act local.
Community
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![How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience]()
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]()
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?]()
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]()
Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
Mind And Body
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![Growing Up Hippie]()
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]()
Into the Rafters
Reflections on a football dream cut short. -
![Football Helmets and Concussions]()
Football Helmets and Concussions
Take a look at the concussion epidemic plaguing football players. -
![The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon]()
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
