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The First Domesticated Dogs
Brian Fagan
Texas Prisons: No Place for Old Men
By Dick J. Reavis
The Three Goodbyes of a Service Dog
By B.J. Hollars
The Expectancy Effect in Action
By Jessica Cohen
Song Premiere: Kevin Gordon - "Letter to Shreveport"
By Utne Reader Staff
Video Premiere: Hayward Williams - "Under Control"
By Utne Reader Staff
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Texas Prisons: No Place for Old Men
By Dick J. Reavis
The Three Goodbyes of a Service Dog
Experience the 3 different good-byes experienced with service-animals and a lesson on remaining positive.
The Expectancy Effect in Action
An interview with psychologist Rhona Weinstein explains how the expectancy effect can be applied to the classroom.
Song Premiere: Kevin Gordon - "Letter to Shreveport"
Utne Reader is proud to premiere "Letter to Shreveport" by bluesman singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon from his new album 'Long Gone Time.'
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Right Place, Wrong Face
At home in my lobby, I fit the racial profile—and went directly to jail.
Bridging Colonialism and Climate Change
How a legacy of exploitation and damaged landscapes bred the forces behind climate change.
American Jerk
We have arrived at simultaneously the most and least civil moment in U.S. history...
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The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Right Place, Wrong Face
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Bridging Colonialism and Climate Change
By Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik
American Jerk
By Todd Schwartz, From Oregon Humanities
Arts
Book Review: 7 Days in Ohio — Trump, The Gathering of the Juggalos and the Summer Everything Went Insane
Author Nathan Rabin reflects on the similarities between Trump followers and Juggalos.
David Wish: Music Education Innovator
Since 2002, David Wish’s organization Little Kids Rock has reached more than 200,000 public school kids who otherwise would not have received music education.
Hagia Sophia Sings Again
Singing is banned in Hagia Sophia, but Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics figured out a way to make the sacred structure sing again.
A Conversation with David Wish
A conversation with 2012 Utne Visionary David Wish, founder and executive director of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides music education for students in disadvantaged public schools.
Community
Hunting for Community
For the Indigenous Australian Martu people, meat is for more than a meal.
Witch Camps of Ghana
When Ghanaian women draw the ire of men, they risk ending up in a witch camp.
Water Conservation Done Creatively
Communities across the country are devising creative ways to make water conservation work.
Righting Wrongs Without Retaliation
When given the option, victims overwhelmingly prefer to receive compensation than to punish their transgressor.
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....
The Meaning of Skin Color
The meaning of skin color is investigated, from prehistory to the present, in the fascinating book, "Living Color."
Alice Walker: Finding Inner Peace and Compassion Through Hardship
How participating in the Civil Rights Movement led Alice Walker to find inner peace.
The Cancer Industry and the True Cost of Treatment
How cancer treatment and related medical costs form the backbone of a thriving industry, and a look at the true cost of finding a cure.
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