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A List of My Utopias
Debbie Urbanski, From The Sun
Corporate Harm: Tracking Employees and Productivity
By Jessica Bruder, From The Nation
Photo Essay: Day One of the 2016 Democratic National Convention
By Photos By Devin Lightner
A Big Celebration for Little Free Libraries
By Margret Aldrich, Special To Utne Reader
Limiting Screen Time for Kids in a Digital World
By Dee Dee Risher, From Geez
A Time for Being Sick
By Christian Williams
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Corporate Harm: Tracking Employees and Productivity
By Jessica Bruder, From The Nation
Photo Essay: Day One of the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Street scenes from Philadelphia on day one of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
A Big Celebration for Little Free Libraries
Thousands gather in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the first-ever Little Free Library Festival.
Limiting Screen Time for Kids in a Digital World
One parent’s struggle to maintain a technological balance in her household.
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
Holocaust Humor
Will jokes about the Holocaust ever be funny?...
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.
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....
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Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, From Natural Home
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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