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Photo Essay: Commemorative Journey to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Every year the Italian government organizes a commemorative train journey to Auschwitz in honor of the Italian Jews who were transported from the Santa Maria Novella train station in Florence to Auschwitz for extermination, leaving from the same platform from which they left over 70 years ago, with special meetings with survivors of the concentration camp and visits to various camps and monuments. -
![Faith on the Front Lines]()
Faith on the Front Lines
"What sustains me here on this blockade is not religion but collective action—a faith not in the idea of heaven but in the immediacy of Earth" -
![The Story Catcher]()
The Story Catcher
In his essays, novels, and life, Brian Doyle traveled to the very edges of reality, spirit, nature, and mystery.
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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... -
![Right Place, Wrong Face]()
Right Place, Wrong Face
At home in my lobby, I fit the racial profile—and went directly to jail. -
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Community in 17 sensible steps
Community in 17 sensible steps Web Specials Archives Wendell Berry Utne Reader Online How can a sustainable local community (which is to say asustainable local economy) function? I am going to suggest a set ofrules that I think such a community would have to follow. I hastento say that I do not understand
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. -
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Football Helmets and Concussions
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![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.
