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Lewis Mehl-Madrona With Barbara Mainguy
Beating Luxury Developers at Their Own Game
By Oscar Perry Abello, From Shelterforce
An Interview with Nathan Rabin
By Abby Olcese
Art Evolution: Saudi Arabia
By Loring M. Danforth
The Negative Effects of Online Reading
By Michael Agresta, From The Texas Observer
The Last Stimulus
By Daniel Aldana Cohen , From Jacobin
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Beating Luxury Developers at Their Own Game
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An Interview with Nathan Rabin
Rabin spoke with Utne Reader about his experiences, the connections he discovered between these two seemingly disparate groups, and the importance of empathy in writing about pop culture.
Art Evolution: Saudi Arabia
Find out how the art world in Saudi Arabia is different than the western world.
The Negative Effects of Online Reading
We can do a lot of things online, but remembering what we read isn’t one of them.
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
From East to West
I’ve come to learn that my Chinese book, Be Yourself, actually applies to thecountry at large. The development of a social system for mankind isa work in progress. Sure Chinacan learn things from other societies. But clearly, it must Be Itself. If itloses the centuries upon centuries of soul, the world loses.
Bookmarked: Death with Dignity, Jack Earle, and Mao Zedong
This week in Bookmarked: At Liberty to Die, The Long Shadows, and MAO: The Real Story
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.
The View From Burroughs’ House
A caretaker’s view of the William S. Burroughs centenary in Lawrence, Kansas.
Community
The City of Detroit: Divided, Separate and Unequal
A journey across the city of Detroit, which used to be the symbol of American industrialization but is now an increasingly divergent metropolis.
Crook and Ladder: Colbert On Firefighting Felons
California’s booming prison population has provided the state with cheap labor—a convenience that may dissipate with a new court order.
Living Death
Keep the culture of Indigenous people alive through the power of storytelling.
Do Bike Lanes Fuel Gentrification?
What forward-looking cities are learning about race, equity, and building better bike lanes.
Mind And Body
Reflections on Mental Health and Youth Suicide Prevention
We numb ourselves to psychological traumas, including emotional isolation, but in disconnecting from others, we’re also disconnecting from ourselves.
The Benefits of Stress
Why you should stop sweating everyday aggravations and embrace stress.
The Human Condition: Struggles of Cosmic Insignificance
The polarized mind — a reaction to the human condition and feelings of cosmic insignificance — fixates on one point of view to the utter exclusion of all others.
A Remedy for Dealing with Anxiety and Depression
Psychiatrist David D. Burns talks about the importance of walking to the gates of hell with his patients when dealing with anxiety and depression.
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