September-October 2013 Table of Contents
Millennial Survival Guide
Death by Degrees
Burn your diploma, and other ways to get ahead by Christopher Glazek, from N+1
Eating Rich, Living Poor
DIY food by necessity by Melissa Welter, excerpted from Share or Die
On the Road to Debt Freedom
A post-college detour offers a different kind of education by Ken Ilgunas, from The Chronicle Review
Quakes, Floods, and Prophets
Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins
Three years after the earthquake, 350,000 are still living in refugee camps, while millions in aid money is lavished on a tourist hotel by Amy Wilentz, fromThe Nation
Broken Dreams Inside
How the marriage of profit and social service failed New Orleans after Katrina by Vincanne Adams, from Public Culture
The Armed Lifeboat
When climate disaster strikes, the state will step in. But what kind of state? by Sam Ross-Brown, Utne Reader
Emerging Ideas
Could You Be a Terrorist?
How corporations and law enforcement are spying on environmentalistsby Adam Federman, from Earth Island Journal
Gleanings
Speaking Truth to Power
Resisting a colonial education by Vernon Wilson, from Briarpatch
Let’s Say That Despite it All, They Begin to Sing
The story isn’t written yet by Joe Wilkins, from The Sun
Mindful Living
How the Trailer Park Could Save Us All
A healthy, inexpensive, and environmentally-friendly solution for housing millions of retiring baby boomers is staring us in the face. We just know it by a dirty name by Lisa Margonelli, from Pacific Standard
The Scientific Buddha
Buddhism wins favor as a scientific religion–but is it by Donald S. Lopez, from Tricycle
Mixed Media
Retracing the Path of Migration
Valarie James and the art of migrant belongings by Robert Neustadt, special to Utne Reader
Reviews:
Film
From Rationalization to Repentance: a review of The Act of Killing
One with the Stars: a review of Journey of the Universe
The Last Four: a review of After Tiller
Music
Better than Ever: a review of The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You by Neko Case
Back Home for a Visit: a review of Gone Away Backard by Robbie Fulks
Books
Read, Drink, and Be Merry: a review of The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
Creative Destruction: a review of Disassembly Required by Geoff Mann
Editor’s Note
by Christian Williams
Forward
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
Environmental Building News (Designing Friendlier Hospitals)
New York Magazine (There’s a Robot for Everything)
Environmental News Network (Fish on Drugs)
Mother Nature Network (Mo’ Trees, Mo’ Problems)
