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![Song Premiere: Chadwick Stokes - Mother Maple]()
Song Premiere: Chadwick Stokes - Mother Maple By Special To Utne Reader -
![One Hundred Dollars of Virtue]()
One Hundred Dollars of Virtue
A look at the vast difference between the value of money as currency for goods and services and the face value of wealth. -
![Exploring Nature Through Open-World Video Games]()
Exploring Nature Through Open-World Video Games
The artful construction of the simulated environments in open-world video games can offer experiences that are not feasible with traditional media or even direct contact with nature. -
![Megachurches, Suburbia and the Prosperity Gospel]()
Megachurches, Suburbia and the Prosperity Gospel
With congregants numbering in the thousands, megachurches are a firmly suburban phenomenon, often promoting a prosperity gospel designed to mesh with the affluent lifestyle of suburbanites.
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![Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes]()
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder -
![Holocaust Humor]()
Holocaust Humor
Will jokes about the Holocaust ever be funny?... -
![The Center for the Study of Political Graphics]()
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Los Angeles archive of 50,000 political posters, buttons, and bumper stickers -
![In search of Erotic Intelligence]()
In search of Erotic Intelligence
Reconciling our desire for comfortable domesticity and hot sex
Arts
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![The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World
Think watershed, act local.
Community
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![How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience]()
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]()
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?]()
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]()
Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
Mind And Body
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![Growing Up Hippie]()
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]()
Into the Rafters
Reflections on a football dream cut short. -
![Football Helmets and Concussions]()
Football Helmets and Concussions
Take a look at the concussion epidemic plaguing football players. -
![The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon]()
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
