Table of Contents
September-October 2010
FEATURES
Food Fight
A newly unified “food movement” is poised to revolutionize the American diet
by Michael Pollan, from The New York Review of Books
In Praise of Fast Food
We need a culinary ethos that comes to terms with industrialized food
by Rachel Laudan, from the book The Gastronomica Reader
Waste Not, Want Not
That food you left on your plate really could feed the world
by Nicole Miller and Michael Penn, from Grow
The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Go Hungry
Starvation is often the result of inequity and politics, not a shortage of food
by Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton, from the book A Nation of Farmers
The First Family’s Fallow Gardens
Michelle tends her garden, Barack loves up industrial agriculture
by Heather Rogers, from The American Prospect
Solitude and Leadership
A writer encourages a group of West Point plebes to practice introspection, concentration, and nonconformity
by William Deresiewicz, from The American Scholar
The Angry Monk
Zen practice stirs up energy and emotion, and it can be downright ugly
by Shozan Jack Haubner, from Buddhadharma
The Case for the Commons
This land is your land. Take it back!
by Raj Patel, from the book The Value of Nothing
The Science of Cooperation
A Nobel laureate on commons senseinterview
by Fran Korten, from Yes!
A New Political Dawn
We’re all in this together
by Jay Walljasper, from the book All That We Share
EMERGING IDEAS
Sweatshops at Sea
How to improve human rights in Mexico
by Virginia Sole-Smith, from The Progressive
Lost in Translation
We don’t shape language, language shapes us
by Joan O’C. Hamilton, from Stanford
A Kosher Response to Poverty
Free New York restaurants for the Jewish poor
by Eleanor J. Bader, from The Brooklyn Rail
GLEANINGS
Peru’s Lovely Bones
Roberto Cabrera stands guard over the Ocucaje Desert
by Gregory Dicum, from Afar
On Being Fat and Running
Abandoning insecurity for a full life
by Brenton Dickieson, from Geez
Sentenced to Life
A man ages in prison and outlives society’s fears
by Kenneth E. Hartman, from Notre Dame
MINDFUL LIVING
Men with Quilts
Prisoners piece together their lives
by Meribah Knight,
from American Craft
Give a (Young) Man a Fish
Mood disorders and omega-3s
by Kirsten Akens,
from the Colorado Springs Independent
In an Age of Eco-Uncertainty
The pleasures and perils of living green
by J.B. MacKinnon, from Explore
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em
Chefs turn an invasive species into a delicacyby Mike Sula, from the Chicago Reader
MIXED MEDIA
Dancing on the Page
Scripting a ballet is an art in itself
by Chris Tomlinson, from The Texas Observer
Open-Air Publishing
Broadsides turn poetry into guerrilla art
by Alex Dimitrov, from Poets & Writers
Music reviews:
Next Stop…Soweto, The Way Out, Made The Harbor
Book reviews:
Moral Ground, Bye Bye, Miss American Empire, Carrier
Film reviews:
Favela On Blast, The Oath, Ajami
Editor’s Note
True Stories
by David Schimke
Forward
Gathering a New Tribe
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
Science News, IEEE Spectrum, Yes!, Extra!, BusinessWeek, Good, Spare Change News, Miller-McCune, Governing, Maisonneuve, Reason, Sustainable Industries, Boston Globe, The American Prospect, The Art of Eating, Make, Ms., Resurgence