Contents
November-December 2009
50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World
Doctors Without EthicsWhy hasn’t the medical profession taken a stand on torture?by Justine Sharrock, from Mother Jones
As the Crows FlyThe urban wild’s most resilient creature shows us what’s beautiful, what’s ugly, and what’s missingby Lyanda Lynn Haupt, from the book Crow Planet
The Fight for Urban Forestsby Linda Underhill, from the book The Way of the Woods
Blue-Collar BrillianceAn educator challenges society’s assumptions about intelligence,work, and classby Mike Rose, from The American Scholar
Death Watch in the DesertHumanitarian activists and federal agents do battle on the Mexican borderby Tim Vanderpool, from Tucson Weekly
Emerging Ideas
Baghdad ‘s Underground RailroadCovert shelters help Iraqi women escape violence and abuse
by Anna Badkhen, from Ms.
LocalwashingHow corporate America is co-opting “local”
by Stacy Mitchell, from Gambit Weekly
Uncle Sam’s True ColorsActivists thwart recruiters
by Anisha Desai and Maryam Roberts, from Dollars & Sense
Keep on Bikin’Bike manufacturing comes back to America
by Libby Tucker, from New Internationalist
Gleanings
Reggae’s Rude Boys Go to WarThe line between reality and performance blurs
by Ross Simonini, from The Believer
Border Crossing for a Root CanalMexico‘s dental paradise for the underinsured
by Bobby Neel Adams, from Diner Journal
When the Killers Come CallingThugs terrorize a Guatemalan journalist’s family
by José Rubén Zamora, from Pen America
Seismic SymphonyThe Alaskan landscape as orchestra
by Alex Ross, from The Place Where You Go to Listen
Mindful Living
Poolside in HellIs voluntourism doing anyone any good?
by J.B. MacKinnon, from Explore
Growing Old, Moving on UpAging women dream of a radical retirement community
by Beverly Suek, from Herizons
Shopping at the Spiritual SupermarketThis museum has a religion for everyone
by Judith Fein, from Spirituality & Health
Eating Meat for the EnvironmentOn many sustainable farms, animals are essential
by Lisa M. Hamilton, from Audubon
Mixed Media
There’s a DJ in the Concert HallMason Bates’ “symphonic electronica” is not for the easy listener
by Thomas May, from Listen
Big Screen, Little RiskMicrocinemas bring classics and cult films to a passionate audience
by Rob Nelson
Plus: Music, film, and book reviews
Shelf LifeThe Art of Digital Storytelling
by Danielle Maestretti
ForwardMen’s Night
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:Azure, Guernica, In These Times, U.S. Catholic, Censorship News, Technology Review, Momentum, Urbanite, Landscape Architecture, On Wisconsin, Dissent, San Francisco Chronicle, Manteca Bulletin, Orion, Sierra, Verge, Governing, Mother Earth News, Stanford, Art Papers, New Statesman
