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Imagining Sanskrit Land
Patrick Mccartney From Arena Magazine (Australia)
Want Smarter Students? Stop Teaching Math
By Michael S. Laufer, Special To Utne Reader
Coyote Settles the South
By John Lane
Understanding: The Key to Community Building
By James Hoggan & Thich Nhat Hanh
To Do the Holding
By Katie Prout, From North American Review
The Second Racial Wealth Gap
By Mel Jones, From Washington Monthly
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By Michael S. Laufer, Special To Utne Reader
Coyote Settles the South
Get inside the mind of poet and environmental writer John Lane who is captivated by the mystery that is coyotes; follow him throughout the South as he records his observations and interactions.
Understanding: The Key to Community Building
In a world full of divisive issues, the principles of Vietnamese Monks attempt to build a unified and understanding community.
To Do the Holding
How acknowledging the pain of others can help us heal our own.
Holocaust Humor
By Shai Oster, From Moment
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.
Right Place, Wrong Face
At home in my lobby, I fit the racial profile—and went directly to jail.
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
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
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Right Place, Wrong Face
By Alton Fitzgerald White, From The Nation
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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