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Winter 2015 Utne Reader Table of Contents
By Staff
Video Premiere: Atoms and Void – “Waves of Blood”
By Special To Utne Reader
Prescription Painkiller Abuse in Small-Town Colorado
By Paige Blankenbuehler, From High Country News
For Big Problems, Small Solutions
By Charles Eisenstein, From Scaling Up
Public Banking Goes to Pot
By Jeremy Lybarger, From High County News
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Winter 2015 Utne Reader Table of Contents
By Staff
Video Premiere: Atoms and Void – “Waves of Blood”
Utne Reader is proud to premiere the music video for “Waves of Blood” from the adventure-prone Atoms and Void.
Prescription Painkiller Abuse in Small-Town Colorado
When a private pain clinic, High Country Medical, opened in downtown Craig, Colorado, it sparked an opioid addiction crisis that has yet to end.
For Big Problems, Small Solutions
The logic of largeness devalues the personal when it comes to making a difference.
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Right Place, Wrong Face
At home in my lobby, I fit the racial profile—and went directly to jail.
Bridging Colonialism and Climate Change
How a legacy of exploitation and damaged landscapes bred the forces behind climate change.
The Hidden Life of Garbage
Why our waste keeps growing
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The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Right Place, Wrong Face
By Alton Fitzgerald White, From The Nation
Bridging Colonialism and Climate Change
By Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik
The Hidden Life of Garbage
By Heather Rogers, Christian Parenti, The Brooklyn Rail
Arts
Teach For America in the Terrordome
Experience the disheartening first impressions of Southwestern High School, a.k.a. the “Terrordome,” through the eyes of a Teach For America member.
An Arrangement Of Skin
How the act of looking can help beat back the seductive lethargy of death.
Film Review: El Velador
Death carries with it a heavy responsibility. That’s one profound lesson we can glean from Natalia Almada’s POV documentary El Velador, which chronicles a side of the Mexican drug war many viewers are not accustomed to seeing.
Music Review: Wanda Jackson – Unfinished Business
At an age when most people have left business concerns behind, Wanda Jackson is still working harder than people just getting started. The Queen of Rockabilly has cranked out Unfinished Business, her second album in as many years.
Community
The Mild Wild West
The legendary Wild West fosters America’s love for guns, but shootouts were a small part of the whole story.
Diary of a Concentration Camp Survivor
Follow one man's journey to survive and document his time in a Nazi concentration camp.
Our Bodies Are Made for Walking
Huge health benefits heighten the need to make sure all Americans live in walkable communities.
Can Someone Reinvent the Past to Claim Redemption?
Will society allow a convicted felon claim redemption after reimagining his past? Or are facts more powerful than who he has become?
Mind And Body
70 Seconds of Preventable Outbreaks Around the World
Watch this video illustrating how diseases preventable by vaccination have spread dramatically.
Foodie Fundamentalism: What Graham Crackers Can Teach Us About the Food Movement
The food movement’s holier than thou attitude may seem new, but foodism’s religious roots date back to a 19th century health reform movement.
Daddy Dearest
Tim White recommends a parenting style to a father who’s unsure of how emotionally distant he should be with his young child.
Disclosure Dilemma
Tim White offers his advice on disclosing a misdiagnosed condition to potential employers.
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