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The Uncertain Future of Small Farms in America
By Kelly Payson-Roopchand
A new family comes to a 200-year-old farm determined to make their dreams of working on a small farm into a reality.
Saying Goodbye to Our Friend Bill Coperthwaite
By Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow
Sometimes saying goodbye can be a journey of its own.
How Little Free Libraries Came to Be
By Margret Aldrich
For Todd Bol, the creator of the first Little Free Library, inspiration was triggered by misfortune and a little bit of self-discovery.
The First Domesticated Dogs
By Brian Fagan
Tame canids appear throughout human history—but we still have only a vague idea of when the first domesticated dogs became distinct from wolves.
Educational Benefits of a School Garden
By Jane S. Hirschi
What taking the classroom outdoors and into a school garden can do for students.
Everyone on the Raft is Imperiled: A Call for Cooperative Adaptation
By Richard Heinberg
Much of the success of mankind is the direct result of unsustainable resource extraction. How and when we deal with impending scarcity will likely determine our ‘fitness’ as a species.
Deportation Court: The Real Effects of Operation Streamline
By Margaret Regan
Under Operation Streamline, harsher penalties for repeated attempts to cross the US-Mexico border yield little when it comes to actually deterring migrants, while ushering in troubling trends in the way such cases are adjudicated.
The Cost of Being Tough on Crime
By Hadar Aviram
The "tough on crime" philosophy is expensive, and the recent financial crisis is driving a new discourse of cost, frugality and prudence in incarceration policies.
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