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Utne Reader Staff
It Can't Happen Here ... Can It?
By Bob Dreyfuss
Building Utopia: The Role of Money in Communes
By Margaret Grundstein
A Gain: Lessons Learned in Language
By Charlie Greer, From The Threepenny Review
Capturing the Elusive Echo of Why
By Michael Sheehan, From Agni
Hawaii’s Abundant and Ignored Earth
By Michele Bigley, From Catamaran Literary Reader
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It Can't Happen Here ... Can It?
By Bob Dreyfuss
Building Utopia: The Role of Money in Communes
One incident from Margaret Grundstein’s time living in a hippie commune illustrates the deep-seated role money plays in life—even in a movement aiming for utopia.
A Gain: Lessons Learned in Language
The schoolmarm gets schooled.
Capturing the Elusive Echo of Why
Seeking meaning in life after decades of alcoholism and apparently random tragedy.
Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
An ethical guide to seafood.
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.
The Ship of Theseus and the Question of Identity
Where does consciousness exist, and what is the reality of our soul if we question the basis of personal identity?
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Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
The Ship of Theseus and the Question of Identity
By Noson S. Yanofksy
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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