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Justin Kern, Special To Utne Reader
Elon Musk’s Boring Company
By Utne Reader Staff
Who Broke Our Democracy?
By Derek Cressman
Parenthood: A Pilgrimage
By David Hlavsa
Making Sense of the Deportation Debate
By Aviva Chomsky
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company
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Are we ever, truly, prepared for parenthood? Discover how, and why, David Hlavsa and his wife embarked on a 400 mile pilgrimage in order to build a richer life, with children.
Making Sense of the Deportation Debate
How Bill Clinton and Barack Obama laid the groundwork for Trump’s immigration policies.
Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, From Natural Home
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
An ethical guide to seafood.
The Haunting of Loon Lake Cemetery
Assessing the collateral damage when people and places are attached to ghostly legends.
The Slow Death of Free Time
Author Craig Lambert offers readers a radical look at how unpaid tasks are leaving us more isolated than ever before.
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Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
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Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
The Haunting of Loon Lake Cemetery
By Dennis Waskul And Michele Waskul, From Ghostly Encounters
The Slow Death of Free Time
By Craig Lambert
Arts
See It Soon: Beauty is Embarrassing
Artist Wayne White,the puppet master behind Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, demonstrates how to live life through art in the documentary Beautyis Embarrassing.
The Evolution of Environmental Artivism
Art with an environmental slant is rapidly maturing.
The Long Shadows: Story of Jack Earle
Read the fascinating story of Jack Earle (real name, Jake Erlich), whose 8-foot-6-inch frame supported a uniquely courageous soul that proved to be giant in more ways than one.
A Culture Returned
By studying and identifying the millions of Jewish books once thought destroyed by the Nazis, one group of Jewish scholars made it their duty to return the texts to the people who had already lost so much.
Community
Extra Kindness for the Most Vulnerable (and Resilient) Mariposas
LGBTQ refugees and immigrants often lack a supportive network of fellow nationals – but now that’s changing.
Caught on Camera
Recording police interactions leads to better accountability for all parties involved.
Visualizing Inequality
Mapping projects that examine income inequality may help efforts to close the gap.
One Nation Under SWAT
How the excessive militarization of the police is turning cops into counterinsurgents.
Mind And Body
Color Me Trouble
Tim White offers advice on proper workplace attire.
We’re Not on OxyContin Anymore, Toto
Can Cannabinoids help alleviate America’s opioid crisis?
Almost Unendurable Beauty
Disregarding the hope for normalcy in order to embrace the twice exceptional.
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....
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