In This Issue
September — October 2007
FEATURE: Past Imperfect
History LessonsWhat we’re taught and what’s ignored
by Keith Goetzman
Can We Handle the Truth?America’s selective memory and massacres long since forgotten
by Howard Zinn, from the book A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Forgetting HitlerA growing number of young German Muslims lash out against Holocaust studies
by Stacy Perman, from Guilt & Pleasure
In the TrenchesA powerful war poem teaches history and humility
by Patrick Hicks, from Florida Review
Mentoring
The New EldersEric Utne and career coach Richard Leider on mentoring, wisdom, and why boomers can still save the world
interview by David Schimke
You Say You Want a Revolution?A boomer on her generation’s legacy and lessons learned
by K.C. Compton
Tangled Up in MeHey boomers: Get over yourselves. Then maybe we’ll pay attention
by Joseph Hart
Stars of Africa
The Top 50 African ArtistsFrom a continent bursting with creativity, here’s the cream of the crop
from Developments
Art of Statistics
Running the NumbersA photographic series makes sense of the incomprehensible
by Julie Hanus
images by Chris Jordan
Emerging Ideas
Climate ChangersCan “geoengineers” save the planet with a quick fix?
by Bennett Gordon
The Shaman Is InA tiny Amazonian village mixes traditional healing and modern medicine
by Andy Isaacson
The Two-Dollar DanceA savvy strategy boosts strippers’ tips
by Amanda Brooks, from $pread
Mixed Media
Mortal BeautyWith camera and paintbrush, Kate Breakey memorializes the desert’s dead
by Judy Arginteanu
The Prodigal PunkVisiting a Chinese club revitalizes a jaded scenester
by Amy Adoyzie, from Razorcake
Queer Magazine Born AgainFounder of Venus, a publication for black lesbians, repudiates lifestyle
by Joseph Hart
Mindful Living
A Study a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayHard evidence could be the best medicine for patients and the health care system
by Leyla Kokmen
Bodies and SoulsInterPlay fuses movement and storytelling to create spiritual discipline
by Jon Spayde
The Fasting TrackHollywood popularized the detox diet. Don’t believe the hype
by Melissa Knopper, from E
Greener PasturesEcofriendly strategies for healthier meat-eating
by Hannah Lobel
Message in the MunchiesWhat you snack on reveals more than you think
by Lisa Turner, from Alternative Medicine
Gleanings
The Prize InsideA Slavic fisherman’s daughter waits on a guilty pleasure
by Toni Mirosevich, from Gastronomica
Becoming IndianAn Ojibway man learns from his long-lost grandfather
by Richard Wagamese, from Canadian Dimension
A Ditch Runs Through ItFor two devoted anglers, fishing filthy waterways is good, clean escapism
by Jeffrey Ewing, from Sacramento News & Review
Worlds Without EndA cosmic snapshot tests the limits of comprehension
by Anthony Doerr, from Orion
Editor’s Noteby David Schimke
Letters
Shelf Lifeby Danielle Maestretti
Heartlandby Nina Utne
