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The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap
Matthew Harwood
Vincent van Gogh: on the Road to Revolution
By Tim Keane, Special To Utne Reader
“Good Enough” Bridges Aren’t Good Enough
By Henry Peroski
Utne Reader Bookshelf: Community
By Staff
Dreams Deferred
By Benjamin Reiss, From Oberlin Alumni Magazine
Coyote Settles the South
By John Lane
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Vincent van Gogh: on the Road to Revolution
By Tim Keane, Special To Utne Reader
“Good Enough” Bridges Aren’t Good Enough
Bridges are built to specific standards of weight and length of use, but these specifics and the laws surrounding them need to be reconsidered as times change and traffic increases.
Utne Reader Bookshelf: Community
A selection of books that pique our interest.
Dreams Deferred
Even in sleep, African Americans are treated unequally.
Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
The Art of the Police Report
A Los Angeles cop writes “just the facts” and still tells one helluva story...
Successes and Failures of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union
Learn about the successes and failures of Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers Union and the grape boycott.
Right Place, Wrong Face
At home in my lobby, I fit the racial profile—and went directly to jail.
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Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
The Art of the Police Report
By Ellen Collett, From The Writer's Chronicle
Successes and Failures of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union
By Matt Garcia
Right Place, Wrong Face
By Alton Fitzgerald White, From The Nation
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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