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![Nature as God: Repairing the Circle]()
Nature as God: Repairing the Circle By Tomson Highway, From Masculindians -
![Power Shift]()
Power Shift
Fracking changed everything. Now what? -
![Carbon Counterattack]()
Carbon Counterattack
How Big Oil is responding to the anti-carbon movement with the purported benefits of carbon-based fuels and visions of a better world. -
![Utne Q&A with John Donvan of Intelligence Squared]()
Utne Q&A with John Donvan of Intelligence Squared
John Donvan, moderator of the Intelligence Squared debates, speaks with Utne Reader before the series' 100th debate.
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![The Most Human Art]()
The Most Human Art By Scott Russell Sanders, From The Georgia Review -
![The Stigma of Fast Food Work]()
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
When a young father starts working nights in the fast-food industry while his wife finishes school, he recieves stigmatic reactions and wonders why someone should be shamed for trying to make an honest living. -
![To My One Love]()
To My One Love
Lagos in June is steamy. But that Thursday afternoon at the Champion newspaper office, I did not notice how the air was like a hot, moist blanket. I swaggered and smiled, too full of accomplishment. -
![Holocaust Humor]()
Holocaust Humor
Will jokes about the Holocaust ever be funny?...
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.
