Table of Contents: Summer 2014
Population Growth
The End of the Green Revolution
In the battle against hunger, increased food production is only half the answer By Alan Weisman, excerpted from Countdown
TV as Birth Control
When TV ownership rises, fertility falls by Fred Pearce, from Conservation
A Tale of Two Cities
Silicon Chasm
The class divide on America’s cutting edge by Charlotte Allen, from The Weekly Standard
LA Story
Bringing progressivism back to the city by Harold Meyerson, from The American Prospect
Emerging Ideas
Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars
How endless finger-pointing brings everyone down by Michelle Goldberg, from The Nation
A Toast Story
The profound and heartbreaking story behind the latest artisanal food craze by John Gravois, from Pacific Standard
Gleanings
Ammunition
Guns, love, and coming out by Bruce Snider, from The Iowa Review
I’ll Take the Tramp Stamp with Sprinkles
Who knew a cupcake tattoo could mean so much? by Shell Feijo, from Hip Mama
Even In My Dreams She Leaves Me Every Time
How do we let go of the ones we’re not ready to lose? by Hilary Zaid, from Lilith
Answers
The inner life of a contented newborn by Robert Long Foreman, from Pleiades
Mindful Living
Dharma on the Playa
A psychedelic emergency room where Burners can care for their own by Allan Badiner, from Tricycle
Why Do We Procrastinate?
Our future selves are people, too by Alisa Opar, from Nautilus
Mixed Media
Nature’s Artists
Finding a link between beauty and biology by David Rothernberg, from Resurgence & Ecologist
And She Was
The story of the greatest girl group you’ve never heard of by Lindsay Zoladz, from Bitch
Facts and Truth
Walking the fine line of creative nonfiction by Willian Bradley, special to Utne Reader
Reviews:
Film
To the Stars Through the Mind: a review of A Brief History of Time: Criterion Collection
More Than Just Identity: a review of Who is Dayani Cristal?
Stuck Between Mill Stones: a review of Burning Bush
Music
A Journey as Wonderful as the Arrival: a review of Are We There by Sharon Von Etten
Lonely but Happy: a review of Abandoned City by Hauschka
Books
Prepare for the Foraging Revolution: a review of Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook by Dina Falconi
The World is Watching: a review of Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen
Inside the Numbers: a review of Black Stats: African Americans By the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century by Monique W. Morris
Editor’s Note
by Christian Williams
Forward
by Eric Utne
Dispatches from:
Spirituality & Health (Healing Power of the Mind)
Futurity (The Blood Bank’s Fishy Solution)
Current Biology (Your Brain on Video Games)
