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The Trouble With Americans in Cuba
Sarah Hill, From Boston Review
Pitchmen for Piety: Disneyland and the Invention of Christian America
By Kevin M. Kruse
Song Premiere: Kevin Gordon - "Letter to Shreveport"
By Utne Reader Staff
LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues
By Jeff Hecht, From Ieee Spectrum
Brothers Reunite in Song
By Utne Staff
The Battle of and for the Black Face Boy
By Staff
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LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues
Early adopters of LED street lighting are struggling with glare and light pollution.
Brothers Reunite in Song
Two brothers from Georgia reunite through song.
Holocaust Humor
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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....
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
An ethical guide to seafood.
Faux Friendship
We are connected to everyone. We don’t really know anyone.
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By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, From Natural Home
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
Faux Friendship
By William Deresiewicz, From The Chronicle Of Higher Education
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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