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But I’m here to serve you notice: There’s a bigger, badder, more outlandish reality game show also relaunching this year, and it’s called The Amazing Race for White House Survival.... - [A Bill Ayers Interview Actually Worth Your Time](https://www.utne.com/media/a-bill-ayers-interview-actually-worth-your-time/) - Now that the election is over, the great scapegoat of ’08, Bill Ayers, has emerged from hiding to embark upon a grand media tour. If there's one Ayers interview actually worth paying attention to, it's the one he gave to Fresh Air host Terry Gross.... - [China’s Herculean Struggle against Olympic Fakery](https://www.utne.com/politics/chinas-herculean-struggle-against-olympic-fakery/) - The Chinese authorities have never been terribly vigilant about policing their country’s thriving market of pirated goods. But with the Olympics closing in, China has been mercilessly tracking the unsanctioned sale of products bearing the 2008 Beijing Olympics logo.... - [The NYPD Gets Pumped Up](https://www.utne.com/politics/the-nypd-gets-pumped-up/) - New York City police officers are the latest group to be caught up in America’s scandalous national pastime: steroid investigations. The probe, spearheaded by the Brooklyn D.A.’s office, stems from the sketchy diagnosis of dozens of young officers and civilian NYPD employees with hypogonadism—a condition that causes low testosterone, typically in men over 60—according to a recent article in the Village Voice.... - [Choosing an Environmentally Friendly Christmas Tree](https://www.utne.com/environment/choosing-an-environmentally-friendly-christmas-tree/) - Apparently, Christmas traditions can be compatible with an eco-friendly mindset. A recent post on Sustainablog offers earth-conscious consumers some great information on choosing Christmas trees.... - [How to Write a Sex Scene](https://www.utne.com/arts/how-to-write-a-sex-scene/) - The 12-step program. Originally published in the March-April 2005 issue of Utne Reader… - [The Gay Option](https://www.utne.com/politics/the-gay-option/) - Same-sex love is a choice—and it’s time LGBT activists start saying so. - [Don’t Want A Newspaper? Buy One Anyway](https://www.utne.com/media/dont-want-a-newspaper-buy-one-anyway/) - For less than the price of a cup of coffee per day, you can feed and clothe a newspaper professional.... - [Finding Serenity](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/finding-serenity/) - A number of my friends are considering major changes in their careers and their lives. They often ask me rhetorical and vaguely familiar questions: Where do I want to work? Where do I want to live? What do I want to do with my life? I thought of my meaning-seeking friends as I read editor Sy Safransky’s latest piece in the Sun.... - [Take Me Out to the Baseball Church](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/take-me-out-to-the-baseball-church/) - Many fans watch their favorite baseball team with a religious devotion. For the Baseball Chapel, an evangelical organization with unrivaled access to Major League Baseball’s teams, sports are a vehicle to spread the word of religion…. - [Stranger Than Fiction](https://www.utne.com/politics/stranger-than-fiction-weird-stories-election-2010/) - In these tense political times things are getting stranger and stranger by the day. Here are a few stories that make us a little queasy about the state of the political process.... - [Dr. YouTube Accused of Malpractice](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/dr-youtube-accused-of-malpractice/) - Medical professionals have figured out that video sharing on YouTube is a great way to provide vital medical information to a wide audience. The problem is that the bad information is more compelling than the good stuff.... - [Chinese Super Wine](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/chinese-super-wine/) - Finally, news about a product from China that isn’t poisoning small children: Researchers have invented super-wine. According to an article in the New Scientist, a new, genetically modified super-wine could help to increase lifespan.... - [Preschoolers Learn Science Through Play—For a Fee](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/preschoolers-learn-science-through-play-for-a-fee/) - Scheduling playtime in 45-minute increments seems strict, but the New York Hall of Science playground for preschoolers demands it. So families and school groups dutifully follow the rules and sign up. - [Utne Reader Writer on the Radio](https://www.utne.com/arts/utne-reader-writer-on-the-radio/) - This Sunday, Utne Reader reprint author Annaliese Jakimides will have an essay featured on NPR’s This I Believe series. I’ll definitely be tuning in, and you should too.... - [Don’t Worry, Be Happy?](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/do-not-worry-be-happy/) - People make mistakes in the pursuit of happiness, but eventually we can all get there. This quest for bliss, however, may be entirely misguided... - [Reiki: Spirituality or Superstition?](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/reiki-spirituality-or-superstition-6613/) - Catholic nuns are using an Eastern healing technique known as Reiki to help people with spiritual and physical healing. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, however, have labeled Reiki as a superstition incompatible with Catholicism.... - [A Financial Debacle of Biblical Proportions](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/a-financial-debacle-of-biblical-proportions/) - For those who find the authority of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money insufficiently Biblical, the January-February issue of Mother Jones provides a financial narrative that hinges more squarely on the Good Book.... - [Building Grassroots Political Ecology](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/building-grassroots-political-ecology/) - Greening the candidates. - [The Quest for Immortality](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/the-quest-for-immortality/) - Within 30 years, humans could be immune to disease, unaffected by the ravages of aging, and able live to 150 or perhaps 1,000 years old. We could be “medically immortal.”... - [Finding the Real You](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/finding-the-real-you/) - The search for authenticity and self-awareness can be painful, but it carries many psychological benifits... - [Publish These After I Die](https://www.utne.com/arts/famous-writers-estates/) - After a writer dies, his or her papers can become the crux of protracted legal disputes. Writers should leave better wills.... - [Short Takes: News From All Over: February 16, 2006](https://www.utne.com/community/short-takes-february-16-2006/) - By Staff, Utne.com Military controlling the weather... winter of our discontent... Philadelphia's innovative public bathrooms... return of the native movement... Scorecard... peer pressure and music popularity... -- Utne Web Special, February 16, 2006 - [Skulls Are Us](https://www.utne.com/arts/skulls-are-us/) - Hamlet held one and proclaimed, “Alas, poor Yorik.” Montezuma gave one to Hernando Cortes, and then Cortes killed Montezuma. The artist Damien Hirst recently sold one encrusted with diamonds for $100 million. They’re skulls, and everyone’s got one, but we’ll never be able to see our own.... - [Can You Change Your Personality After 30?](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/can-you-change-your-personality-after-30/) - Hope you like yourself by your 30s, because it’s likely those personality traits aren’t going anywhere. - [An Old Gospel For A New Century](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/an-old-gospel-for-a-new-century/) - The early 1900s was a time of crisis in America. Large-scale industrialization buried the poor in poverty while elevating a lucky few to new heights of monocle-wearing decadence. Enter Walter Rauschenbusch, a firebrand of the social gospel movement.... - [A Science Comedian Walks Into a Bar](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/a-virus-walks-into-a-bar/) - Science comedian Brian Malow provides a few jokes on the David vs. Goliath battle of viruses vs. humans... - [Into the Rafters](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/sports-concussion-consequences-zm0z17wzols/) - Reflections on a football dream cut short. - [When Korean Pop Music Conquers the Planet](https://www.utne.com/arts/when-korean-pop-music-conquers-the-planet/) - If you’re not familiar with K-Pop, here’s an introduction to one of the most influential music genres on the planet... - [How Doctors Choose to Die](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/how-doctors-choose-to-die/) - When doctors find out they’re dying, they often forgo chemotherapy, hospital stays, life support, and other end-of-life treatments to focus on preserving their quality of life and enjoying their final days.... - [Grandfather Says](https://www.utne.com/community/grandfather-says-zm0z18fzols/) - Native Americans parables and other lessons from reservation life. - [Making Sense of the Deportation Debate](https://www.utne.com/politics/making-sense-of-the-deportation-debate-btz1705zsau/) - How Bill Clinton and Barack Obama laid the groundwork for Trump’s immigration policies. - [Losing the Gender War](https://www.utne.com/community/losingthegenderwar/) - Losing the Gender War January 19, 2001 Sara V. Buckwitz Losing the Gender War Women are leading the latest backlash against feminism, writes Annalee Newitz in the San Francisco Bay Guardian. With such mainstream female icons as Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, and Amy Tan supporting the ideal of the 'S - [Natalie Merchant: Gardener, Mom, Green Activist](https://www.utne.com/environment/natalie-merchant-gardener-mom-green-activist-5941/) - Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant has been out of the limelight for several years, but she is about to re-emerge with a new album. Merchant recently turned up on Britain’s Ecologist website in a Q&A that revolves around her environmental activism... - [In Search of the Ecstatic State](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/1746/) - Exploring the ecstatic state—a global phenomenon found in all kinds of spiritual and religious traditions.... - [UIPA Nominee Resources](https://www.utne.com/community/uipa-nominee-resources-3/) - UIPA Nominee Resources November December 2004 By Staff Information for Nominees of the Utne Independent Press Awards Dear Utne Independent Press Award Nominee, To help spread the word about your nomination, we've also assembled a press release template you - [50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World](https://www.utne.com/politics/50-visionaries-changing-your-world-hope-2009/) - 50 revolutionary inventors, innovative environmentalists, vociferous outcasts, and intrepid reformers with an unwavering, inexhaustible sense of purpose in their work. - [Film Review: Democracy, Dynasty, and Death](https://www.utne.com/arts/bhutto-documentary-film-review/) - A lively portrait of Pakistan’s Bhutto family reveals thorny progress in the Islamic country... - [Lifeline Instead of Suicide](https://www.utne.com/community/lifeline-instead-of-suicide/) - Lifeline Instead of Suicide Web site provides college students with support and resources to prevent suicide October 6, 2003 Issue By Jordan Lite, Wired News Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college age Americans. But a - [General Excellence (Magazines) 2001](https://www.utne.com/community/generalexcellencemagazines2001/) - General Excellence (Magazines) 2001 November/December 2001 Utne Reader The American Prospect www.epn.org/prospect.html In the crowded marketplace of political ideas, this bi-weekly distinguishes itself with its lively analysis, sharp punditry, and expansive voice. The magazine for the liberal imagin - [UIPA Nominee Resources](https://www.utne.com/community/uipa-nominee-resources-2/) - UIPA Nominee Resources November December 2005 By Staff Dear Utne Independent Press Award Nominee, To help spread the word about your nomination, we've also assembled a press release template you might find useful in your own PR efforts. Please - [Michelle Ajamian and Brandon Jaeger: Local Food Lovers](https://www.utne.com/politics/utne-reader-visionaries-michelle-ajamian-brandon-jaeger-staple-foods/) - Excited about the burgeoning local foods movement, Utne Reader visionaries Michelle Ajamian and Brandon Jaeger took a close look at the food they ate. While they had access to local vegetables, fruits, dairy products, and meat, they realized that 70 percent of their diet—the staple beans, grains, and oils—came from across the continent, or from other parts of the world. That raised questions for them about long-term food security.... - [Feminism's Fourth Wave](https://www.utne.com/community/feminisms-fourth-wave/) - Feminism's Fourth Wave March April 2005 By Pythia Peay A new activist movement is gathering women across faiths ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, California psychotherapist Kathlyn Schaaf was overwhelmed by a powerful thought. Watching the violent images on television, she - [Film Review: Banksy Strikes Again](https://www.utne.com/arts/exit-through-the-gift-shop-film-review/) - This funny and illuminating exposé chronicles the unlikely rise of a French videomaker named Thierry Guetta, who became a Los Angeles street-art phenomenon.... - [Environmental Justice For All](https://www.utne.com/environment/environmental-justice-for-all/) - Manuel Pastor ran bus tours of Los Angeles a few years back. These weren’t the typical sojourns to Disneyland or the MGM studios, though; they were expeditions to some of the city’s most environmentally blighted neighborhoods—where railways, truck traffic, and refineries converge, and where people live 200 feet from the freeway.... - [Tomorrowland](https://www.utne.com/environment/tomorrowland/) - An eco-smart urban design competition turns “what ifs” into “what is.” - [UtneCast 03: Trauma and Transcendence](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/matthew-sanford-trauma-transcendence/) - Matthew Sanford explains how trauma can teach us to better integrate body and mind… - [Noam Chomsky: Challenging Empire](https://www.utne.com/politics/challenging-empire/) - In a world of Arab Springs and grassroots movements, what's a superpower to do? - [Interview with Malcolm Gladwell on Justice in America](https://www.utne.com/politics/interview-with-malcolm-gladwell-on-justice-in-america/) - Malcolm Gladwell, author of such books as Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference sits down with Utne Reader to talk about justice in America. Listen now: - [A Conversation with David Wish](https://www.utne.com/arts/conversation-with-david-wish/) - A conversation with 2012 Utne Visionary David Wish, founder and executive director of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides music education for students in disadvantaged public schools. - [Barack Obama Makes Employees Cry](https://www.utne.com/politics/barack-obama-makes-employees-cry/) - Barack Obama pulled a few of his key Iowa field organizers up on stage yesterday during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. He hugged them and thanked them for their hard work. While he was speaking, at least two of the organizers got choked up and started to cry. The tears were likely due to combination of a lack of sleep and a number of other factors, but it was a touching moment.... - [UtneCast: A Guide to Ethical, Sustainable Seafood](https://www.utne.com/environment/guide-to-ethical-sustainable-seafood/) - Taras Grescoe, author of the book Bottomfeeder, talks to Utne.com about how to tell the difference between ethical, sustainable seafood and the environmentally destructive fish you find on many menus.... - [You Can't Has My Cheezburger](https://www.utne.com/media/you-cant-has-my-cheezburger/) - Internet memes, like the phrase “is your new bicycle,” are being rewarded with book deals. With cash incentives on the line, in addition to intoxicating online celebrity, there’s likely no stopping the march of the memes. Where do we draw the line between memes and gimmicks?... - [The Calligraphy Mobile](https://www.utne.com/arts/temporary-calligraphy-tricycle-rickshaw-nicholas-hanna/) - From the seat of a tricycle rickshaw, Beijing-based artist Nicholas Hanna steers the art of temporary calligraphy into the fast lane... - [What Do Obama and McCain (Want You to) Read?](https://www.utne.com/politics/what-do-obama-and-mccain-want-you-to-read/) - Google just released a new application called Power Readers in Politics, where both major presidential candidates and a number of journalists are able to show off what they’re reading on Google Reader. Here’s a breakdown of what the candidates (or at least their campaign staff) say they're reading.... - [Are You Smarter Than Your Siblings?](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/are-you-smarter-than-your-siblings/) - Research suggests that personalities are the result of birth order. Or, the study of birth order could be “post hoc quasi-science is that it is a bit like astrology,” as Steve Connor posits for the British newspaper, the Independent.... - [UtneCast: TPM's Paul Kiel on Bush's Secrets](https://www.utne.com/politics/tpms-paul-keil-on-bushs-secrets/) - In a noisy sidewalk café in New York City, I had a chance to sit down with Paul Kiel, deputy editor of Talking Points Memo to talk about the list, the Bush Administration’s trend of secrecy, and what people are doing about it.... - [Slideshow: Mud Stencils, the Nontoxic Graffiti](https://www.utne.com/arts/new-graffiti-mud-stencils-5669/) - Jesse Graves uses mud graffiti to protest environmental plunder and the criminal justice system... - [Video: Four-Wheelers Tearing Up the Desert](https://www.utne.com/environment/four-wheelers-tearing-up-the-desert/) - Four-wheelers ripping through Southwestern U.S. desert landscapes can do a lot of damage to fragile ecosystems. And some of the best evidence comes in the form of YouTube videos made by the drivers and their buddies themselves … - [America’s Best Organics Unveils New Box Design](https://www.utne.com/arts/americas-best-organics-zp0/) - America's Best Organics introduces American-made gift box. - [UtneCast 24: David Lynch on Moviemaking and Meditation](https://www.utne.com/arts/david-lynch-on-moviemaking-and-meditation/) - David Lynch, famed director of such dark masterpieces as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, and Mulholland Drive discusses his creative process, how he became a filmmaker, and the influence meditation has had on his life and art…. - [UtneCast 08: Bioneers Conference Preview / The New Satire](https://www.utne.com/media/bioneers-conference-preview-new-satire/) - Bioneers cofounder Kenny Ausubel talks about the the inspiring speakers on the 2006 roster…. - [Holding Obama to His Transparency Promises](https://www.utne.com/media/holding-obama-to-his-transparency-promises/) - Much has been made of the Obama administration's revamped WhiteHouse.gov website and its plans to use social networking tools to open up the White House to the people. But running a better website than the one Bush oversaw does not equal transparency.... - [War in the MFA Workshop](https://www.utne.com/arts/war-in-the-mfa-workshop/) - Michael David Lukas muses on vets from Iraq and Afghanistan writing in the contemporary MFA writing workshop.... - [Hung Up On the Semantic (Web)](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/hung-up-on-the-semantic-web/) - The jumbled mess that is the internet has a certain charm. Masses of confusing information and useless web pages sit neatly aside important sites, with Google standing as one of the only ways to tell them apart.... - [UtneCast 02: The New Capitalists](https://www.utne.com/media/nina-utne-rabbit-fur-coat/) - Nina Utne on the future of radical capitalism. - [Why 'Information Wants to be Free' Is a Lazy Argument](https://www.utne.com/media/cory-doctorow-on-information-wants-to-be-free-6562/) - “Information wants to be free!” It’s a mantra closely associated with copyright activists—or “copyfighters”—who rail against entities that seek to quash human creativity with copyright laws.... - [UtneCast 30: Media Reform Update](https://www.utne.com/media/reform-movement-update/) - Josh Silver and Jeff Chester report from the front lines of the struggle for media democracy and Internet freedom…. - [Want Food Security? Start Seeing Staples.](https://www.utne.com/arts/want-food-security-start-seeing-staples-6810/) - Call it a locavore’s dilemma: Produce, meats, and dairy are easily found; staple grains and beans are not. The Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative is turning that table…. - [The Demise of Higher-Education Reporting?](https://www.utne.com/media/the-demise-of-higher-education-reporting/) - A recent dispatch from the Chronicle of Higher Education plants a headstone for that erstwhile newspaper institution, the higher-education beat.... - [Natalie Merchant Plays With Words](https://www.utne.com/arts/natalie-merchant-plays-with-words-7133/) - An interview with Natalie Merchant about motherhood, the magic of music, and the power of poetry… - [The Machine Is Changing Us](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/the-machine-is-changing-us/) - I’ve been spending far too much time lately on the website Big Think. In this video, Jason Kottke considers what the current mass of communication means to the people... - [A Celebrity Chef and the First Lady Walk into a Kitchen...](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/british-chef-jamie-oliver-food-revolution-6731/) - A British celebrity chef wins $100,000 to bring his childhood nutrition campaign from the UK to the US.... - [Profile Funkadelic: Wax Poetics](https://www.utne.com/arts/profile-funkadelic-wax-poetics/) - Wax Poetics magazine is not for amateurs. There’s not doubt that the enthusiasm for funk, soul, jazz, and hip hop displayed by the magazine’s writers can be infectious, but the articles aren’t written with lay-listeners in mind.... - [The Invisible Hitchhiker](https://www.utne.com/arts/the-invisible-hitchhiker/) - Dev Carey estimates he has received 400, maybe 500 rides from strangers, and chronicles his hitchhiking history in the latest issue of High Country News.... - [UtneCast 29: Tom Engelhardt on Winning Back the World](https://www.utne.com/politics/tom-engelhardt-on-winning-back-the-world/) - How can we win back the world’s trust?... - [Brazil’s Cultural Defenders](https://www.utne.com/arts/brazils-cultural-defenders/) - The cultural history of Brazil is in danger. In this video, Elizabeth Dwoskin, author of Slave Songs in Brazil from the Mar.-Apr. issue of Utne Reader, talks about the Griô Action program and defenders of Brazil’s traditions.... - [Pour Me a Glass of that Sweet Potato Ale](https://www.utne.com/environment/pour-me-a-glass-of-that-sweet-potato-ale/) - A new brewery in North Carolina is attempting to create tasty, inventive beers from traditional southern foods with a “plow-to-pint” philosophy…. - [Slideshow: Meteorite Craters Around the World](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/photographs-meteorite-craters-around-the-world-5755/) - Photographer Stan Gaz spent six years taking pictures of meteorite craters.... - [Media Activist Runs for Congress](https://www.utne.com/community/media-activist-norman-solomon-runs-for-congress/) - After more than thirty years as a media critic, Utne Reader contributor Norman Solomon is running for Congress, arguing that, “We desperately need to go beyond the false choice between staying true to ideals and winning public office. Progressives can—and must—do both.”... - [World Food Day Focuses on the Value of Family Farms](https://www.utne.com/food/world-food-day-focuses-on-the-value-of-family-farms/) - For its 33rd anniversary, World Food Day highlights how small-scale family farms could be the sustainable solution to feeding the world’s growing population. - [Paraguay Gets No Respect, No Respect at All](https://www.utne.com/politics/paraguay-gets-no-respect-no-respect-at-all/) - Poor Paraguay. It’s one of those countries that sixth-grade geography teachers carefully point out on a map, only to have their students immediately confuse it with Uruguay.... - [Art Can’t Save Darfur, But It Might Help](https://www.utne.com/arts/art-cant-save-darfur-but-it-might-help/) - A map of Africa made from piles of French fries, a gory puddle of red ketchup splattered where Sudan is. A head swaddled in hundreds of iPod headphones, the flesh buckling. Thought-provoking, sure. But could these pictures save Darfur?... - [Good-bye, Pennsylvania](https://www.utne.com/politics/goodbye-pennsylvania/) - We barely knew ye. But before we go, let’s parse the nitty gritty of your bloodied electoral battlefields.... - [Critics Divided on Critic-O-Meter](https://www.utne.com/arts/critics-divided-on-critic-o-meter/) - Theater critics Isaac Butler and Rob Weinert-Kendt unveiled their Critic-O-Meter blog last ­­­week, giving New York theater enthusiasts a one-stop site for play reviews, and laying bare a “philosophical divide between criticism that investigates and that which judges.”... - [What If, Together, We Owned Our Social Networks?](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/what-if-we-owned-our-social-networks-zspz2112zper/) - Check out one proposal for managing social networks through a DOA, a decentralized autonomous organization. - [The Progressives of the Future](https://www.utne.com/politics/the-progressives-of-the-future/) - The Democrats will soon control both Congress and the Presidency, but the real reason for progressives to be hopeful is the wealth of up-and-coming intellectuals of the left.... - [Mexico's Katrina](https://www.utne.com/politics/mexicos-katrina/) - The Mexican government’s response to the deadly flooding that has displaced tens of thousands from their homes in the state of Tabasco would have been more effective if not for the U.S.-sponsored war on drugs in that country, argues Gregory Berger in the Narco News Bulletin.... - [Play That Funky Smell Aromajockey](https://www.utne.com/arts/play-that-funky-smell-aromajockey/) - A European dance night promises an extra sensational experience for everyone—including the Deaf... - [Mainstream Media Ignore Veterans' Testimonies](https://www.utne.com/media/mainstream-media-ignore-veterans-testimonies/) - If 55 veterans gathered in the same place, at the same time, prepared to give disarmingly honest testimonies about their on-the-ground experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, would anybody listen? Because that actually happened, just a few weeks ago.... - [Cars and Community Don't Mix](https://www.utne.com/environment/cars-and-community-dont-mix/) - It turns out heavy traffic isn’t just bad for the atmosphere. It also erodes the social fabric of communities and squashes neighborly relationships, according to a new study out of Great Britain.... - [RNC: Four Things Democrats Should Learn from Palin’s Speech](https://www.utne.com/politics/rnc-four-things-democrats-should-learn-from-palins-speech/) - Sarah Palin delivered a rousing convention speech that will no doubt add to her likability quotient among the not-yet-saved. Plus, she’s really good with a sarcastic flourish. So what’s a jittery Democrat to do? 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[Prison Madness](https://www.utne.com/community/prison-madness-zm0z19uzhoe/) - Looking to Finland for a lesson in humane imprisonment. - [On Fire: The New Opera](https://www.utne.com/arts/the-new-opera-zm0z19uzhoe/) - Five meditations on the future of opera. - [Nowhere to Hide: Cyberstalking Surges](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/cyberstalking-surges-zm0z19uzhoe/) - New technology is making it easier than ever for someone to watch you 24/7. - [The End of Nature, Part Two](https://www.utne.com/environment/bill-mckibben-falter-zm0z19uzhoe/) - Bill McKibben’s new book, Falter, follows up on the climate change peril we now face. - [The Hidden Wisdom of the Clothesline](https://www.utne.com/community/wisdom-of-the-clothesline-zm0z19uzhoe/) - What one can learn from the simple task of hanging out the wash. - [Blood Sisters](https://www.utne.com/environment/mosquito-blood-sisters-zm0z19uzhoe/) - Playing the role of both predator and prey in the cycle of life. - [The Intersection of Bicycling and Social Justice](https://www.utne.com/community/bicycling-and-social-justice-ze0z1907zhoe/) - 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[Why Social Media is Ruining Your Relationships](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/why-social-media-is-ruining-your-life-ze0z1905zwoo/) - Consider Social Media’s role in modern life, its ability to mold relationships, and how it impacts an individual’s self-image. - [Meditating on the Move](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/walking-meditation-ze0z1905zhoe/) - Walking meditation offers mindfulness without the physical and mental costs of sitting. - [The Real History of Leather](https://www.utne.com/economy/real-history-of-leather-ze0z1905zhoe/) - Hide tanning has been practiced for millennia, and it has taken a troubling turn. - [Ending the Gendered Division of Labor in the Home](https://www.utne.com/community/ending-gendered-division-of-labor-ze0z1905zhoe/) - Fostering equality in the home starts with education and practice. - [Armageddon Monument](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/armageddon-monument-ze0z1904zhoe/) - Look up, and you’ll see the remnants of an incredible cataclysm first seen on Earth in 1054. - 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For many, this is reality. 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Take a cue from these nuns. - [We’re Not on OxyContin Anymore, Toto](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/not-on-oxycontin-anymore-zm0z18fzols/) - Can Cannabinoids help alleviate America’s opioid crisis? - [Entangled by the World](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/entangled-world-zm0z18fzols/) - “Wisdom seems to sprout from the most unusual places and in the most unexpected moments.” - [Beating Luxury Developers at Their Own Game](https://www.utne.com/community/beating-luxury-developers-zm0z18fzols/) - It might seem impossible for a non-profit affordable housing developer to compete with a luxury housing developer to purchase residential buildings, but the tide is starting to change. - [Hiding Places](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/hiding-places-zm0z18fzols/) - Exorcising the demons of childhood. - [Migration, My Mother, and Me](https://www.utne.com/politics/migration-my-mother-me-zm0z18fzols/) - Finding hope in an immigration center. - [Nondiscrimination](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/nondiscrimination-zm0z18fzols/) - When you feel you have nothing to belong to and have no identity, that is when you have a chance to break through to your true home. - [Attic Bats, Modern Love](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/attic-bats-modern-love-zm0z18fzols/) - Embracing a fear of the unknown. - [Moving Pictures from the Permafrost](https://www.utne.com/media/moving-permafrost-pictures-zm0z18fzols/) - Recent documentary captures Klondike role in Hollywood history. - [The Azalea Maze](https://www.utne.com/arts/azalea-maze-ze0z1809zsphe/) - Discover the beautiful piece of contemporary art, the Azalea maze by Robert Irwin located at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California. - [Doomsday Goes Mainstream](https://www.utne.com/politics/doomsday-goes-mainstream-zm0z18fzols/) - The progressive side of the prepper movement. - [Fascinating Movies](https://www.utne.com/media/fascinating-movies-zm0z18fzols/) - Head to the theater for a couple of hours of downtime before the next stressor rocks you world. - [Riding the Tornado](https://www.utne.com/community/riding-the-tornado-zm0z18fzols/) - Documenting migrant worker’s cross-country journey. - [My Enlightenment](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/my-enlightenment-zm0z18fzols/) - All you have to do is breathe. Let all your thoughts drift away. Let it all goooooo. - [There are No Castles Here](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/no-castles-here-zm0z18fzols/) - The game for when all you want is to go home. - [Dreams Deferred](https://www.utne.com/community/dreams-deferred-zm0z18fzols/) - Even in sleep, African Americans are treated unequally. - [The Organic Farming Movement](https://www.utne.com/food/organic-farming-movement-ze0z1809zsphe/) - The organic movement that is still thriving today is the direct result of the research dating back to the 1960’s and 70’s. - [Farmworker and Food Labor Movements](https://www.utne.com/food/farmworker-and-food-labor-movements-ze0z1809zsphe/) - Discover the organized efforts put forth throughout the 20th century and the fight that wages on today between farmworkers and the food labor movements. - [The First Earth Day](https://www.utne.com/environment/the-first-earth-day-ze0z1808zsphe/) - Learn more about the first Earth Day and how people in Minnesota played a vital role in the environmental issues occuring at the time. - [Preaching on Climate Change: Why it Matters](https://www.utne.com/environment/preaching-on-climate-change-ze0z1808zcoo/) - Learn about the benefits of preaching on climate change and educating yourself about the issues that climate change presents. - [Take Liturgy to the Street, the Pipeline, and the Tracks](https://www.utne.com/environment/liturgy-to-streets-pipelines-tracks-ze0z1808zcoo/) - Learn about liturgy protests by faith communities to end the adverse construction of new energy technologies leading to climate change crises. - [We Can’t Eat Our Way Out of This](https://www.utne.com/food/we-cant-eat-our-way-out-of-this-ze0z1808zpop/) - The food industry is having a bigger impact on us than we think. - [To American Immigrants from the Middle East](https://www.utne.com/arts/to-american-immigrants-from-the-middle-east-ze0z1808zpop/) - Kahlil Gibran’s poem from 1926 has a timely application to the modern day. - [Problems with the Scientific Pigeonhole Principle](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/scientific-pigeonhole-principle-ze0z1808zcoo/) - Learn the importance of a scientific name and its origins for classifying different species of animals for easier studying and interbreeding. - [Your Guide to Forest Bathing](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/forest-bathing-ze0z1806zpop/) - Let nature heal your mind, body, and spirit with the relaxing meditation of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, a Japanese therapy with cardiovascular benefits. - [Thoughts After an Owl](https://www.utne.com/environment/thoughts-after-an-owl-zm0z18uzols/) - Dare to encounter the divine. - [My Day as a Hawk Watcher](https://www.utne.com/environment/hawk-watcher-zm0z18uzols/) - The raptors journey is long and they must catch a free ride if they are to migrate successfully. Without wind, raptor migration slows to a halt. - [Splendor](https://www.utne.com/community/splendor-library-stories-zm0z18uzols/) - This is a public library. We live in a democracy, with civil rights. Everyone has a right to be here. We cannot discriminate on the basis of wealth or poverty, of cleanliness or filth. - [Eulogy for an Aging Book Guy](https://www.utne.com/arts/aging-book-guy-eulogy-zm0z18uzols/) - The least I can do is ride out this “book guy” thing until it reaches its logical conclusion. - [Finding the Mind’s Nine Bodies](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/finding-minds-nine-bodies-zm0z18uzols/) - Phillip Moffitt, the previous owner, and editor of Esquire magazine is able to distinguish nine meditative states and describe how to attain them. He speaks to his inner adventures that he has pursued for six decades and focuses on altered states diverges which examined how Buddhist teachings can be applied to daily angst. - [Safe is the New Dangerous](https://www.utne.com/arts/safe-is-new-dangerous-zm0z18uzols/) - Art is about arriving with nothing and connecting to everything that it means to be alive. Art is something that happens inside us. - [The Decline of Traditional Media](https://www.utne.com/media/decline-of-traditional-media-ze0z1805zhee/) - Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. - [Procrastination and Technology](https://www.utne.com/media/procrastination-and-the-economy-ze0z1804zhee/) - As we become more and more inclined to the digital world it's important to know how we're spending our waiting time. - [At What Levels Is Denial Really Holding Us Back?](https://www.utne.com/environment/what-levels-is-denial-really-holding-us-back-ze0z1803zhee/) - Denial is not just an individual issue when it comes to climate change. - [An Order for Delivery](https://www.utne.com/food/an-order-for-delivery-ze0z18szhee/) - How the food and birth movements connect, and what one can learn from the other. - [The Border as a ‘Weaponized’ Landscape](https://www.utne.com/community/the-border-as-a-weaponized-landscape-ze0z18szhee/) - Border Patrol agent turned- author Francisco Cantú examines his experiences in new book. - [Manhattan to Bangalore](https://www.utne.com/community/manhattan-to-bangalore-ze0z18szhee/) - Relating to two cultures but belonging to neither. - [Digging for Nothing](https://www.utne.com/community/digging-for-nothing-ze0z18szhee/) - A logic too simple for grown-ups to understand. - [The Internet of Bad Things](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/the-internet-of-bad-things-ze0z18szhee/) - Computer code is in everything. Everything is connected. And that’s the problem. - [Power Shift](https://www.utne.com/environment/powershift-ze0z18szhee/) - Fracking changed everything. Now what? - [Biopower to the People](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/biopower-to-the-people-ze0z18szhee/) - Fitness trackers are redefining what it means to be a human subject. - [Your Cultural Attire](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/your-cultural-attire-ze0z18szhee/) - Conversations about appropriation sometimes miss the complexity of culture. - [The Story Catcher](https://www.utne.com/arts/the-story-catcher-ze0z18szhee/) - In his essays, novels, and life, Brian Doyle traveled to the very edges of reality, spirit, nature, and mystery. - [Crisis Among the Palms](https://www.utne.com/environment/crisis-among-palms-ze0z18szhee/) - How your retirement account may be fueling rain-forest destruction. - [Your Inner Voice](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/your-inner-voice-ze0z1802zhee/) - Learn to understand your inner critic and how you can transform your happiness by changing your daily thoughts. - [The Mythology of Western Hostages](https://www.utne.com/media/mythology-of-western-hostages-ze0z1712zhee/) - When a hostage from the United States requires negotiation with terrorists the path can become treacherous and unpredictable. - [Who Broke Our Democracy?](https://www.utne.com/politics/who-broke-our-democracy-ze0z1801zhee/) - The history of money in politics is a treacherous one, discover the past and future of this controversial subject. - [To Flounder or Flourish](https://www.utne.com/arts/to-flounder-or-flourish-ze0z1801zhee/) - We can learn a lot from our past, and we can be the creators of our futures. - [The Utne Mens’ Saga](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/utne-mens-saga-zb0z17wzols/) - From an ocean away, two distant relatives discover that they have more in common than a shared ancestory. - [The Potential of Attention](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/parapsychology-research-zm0z17wzols/) - Can humans affect physical reality with their minds? - [Life After Life](https://www.utne.com/community/death-positve-movement-zm0z17wzols/) - Increasingly, women are infusing our culture’s treatment of mortality with feminism, viewing the way we die as an act of empowerment and resistance, and creating what has become known as the “death-positive movement.” - [Can We Become Immortal?](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/can-we-become-immortal-ze0z1801zhee/) - Learn about the person behind the science, and the discoveries of aging within biological research. - [Utilizing Thesis Statements Before and After Graduation](https://www.utne.com/arts/thesis-statement-ze0z1712zburg/) - Continue to develop the usefulness of thesis statements in and out of the classroom setting. - [The Aliens Are Coming!](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/aliens-are-coming-ze0z1712zhee/) - Science has shown it's no longer a question of "do aliens exist?" but rather "when will we contact them?" - [Hawaii’s Abundant and Ignored Earth](https://www.utne.com/community/hawaiian-sustainable-permaculture-zm0z17wzols/) - How people and nature are intertwined on the islands. - [Los Promotores](https://www.utne.com/community/promotores-make-difference-zm0z17wzols/) - Amid California’s toxic dumps, local activists go it alone. - [An Investigation into the Murder of Berta Cáceres](https://www.utne.com/politics/berta-caceres-assassination-zm0z17wzols/) - The 2016 assassination of Honduran indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres shocked the world. In Honduras today, murder is politics-as-usual. - [Secret Stages](https://www.utne.com/arts/birmingham-music-festival-zm0z17wzols/) - Downtown Birmingham, Alabama has a secret you need to hear. - [The Rojava Women of the Middle East](https://www.utne.com/politics/middle-east-rojava-women-ze0z1711zols/) - Meet the women fighting ISIS on the border of Syria and Turkey. - [A Physicist’s Perspective of Early Atomic Research](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/early-us-atomic-research-ze0z1711zols/) - Amid WWII, the race for nuclear power became paramount after the German scientists had mastered fission. A week later, American scientists successfully accomplished the same feat and questioned the far-reaching consequences. - [Bike Breakthrough: Connecting Neighborhoods with Low-Stress Routes](https://www.utne.com/community/connecting-low-stress-bicycling-routes-zb0z1710zols/) - Cities expand stand-alone bike lanes into full networks everyday people actually like to use. - [Nixon Administration Targets John Lennon](https://www.utne.com/politics/nixon-targets-john-lennon-ze0z1710zols/) - Amid the anti-war activists of the early 1970’s, John Lennon and Yoko Ono marked for deportation due to their support of fellow musician and activist John Sinclair. - [North Americans Seek Affordable IFV Abroad](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/affordable-ivf-abroad-ze0z1710zols/) - Learn about the affordable option middle class can pursue to welcome a bundle of joy into their lives. - [Too Sick to Go Home – Too Poor to Get Better](https://www.utne.com/politics/too-sick-to-go-home-too-poor-to-get-better-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Micronesian migrants struggle to access health care in Oklahoma and Arkansas. - [One Monsoon](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/one-monsoon-zm0z17fzcmar/) - From a continent away, a young Peace Corps worker senses that all is not well back home. - [Lasting Effects of Elementary Student Mobility](https://www.utne.com/community/elementary-student-mobility-effects-ze0z1710zols/) - Discover why primary students change schools and grasp the devastation it can cause. - [Work-Life Balance: No Longer Only a Mother's Concern](https://www.utne.com/community/stay-at-home-dad-ze0z1710zols/) - Discover why more fathers are struggling to square their desire to be present fathers and successful professionals. - [Propagandopoly: Monopoly as an Ideological Tool](https://www.utne.com/politics/propagandopoly-monopoly-as-an-ideological-tool-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Known around the world as a symbol of both the fun and folly of capitalism, Monopoly has often been viewed as a vehicle for political indoctrination. - [Family Values](https://www.utne.com/media/family-values-zm0z17fzcmar/) - The women of the Addams Family as the Divine Feminine - [Living Death](https://www.utne.com/community/living-death-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Keep the culture of Indigenous people alive through the power of storytelling. - [Alternative Childbirth and Food Options of Today](https://www.utne.com/community/alternative-childbirth-options-ze0z1710zols/) - Find meaning in life by bringing birthing and cooking back home in a society of commercialized choices. - [Coyote Settles the South](https://www.utne.com/environment/american-coyote-southeast-ze0z17zhee/) - Get inside the mind of poet and environmental writer John Lane who is captivated by the mystery that is coyotes; follow him throughout the South as he records his observations and interactions. - [A List of My Utopias](https://www.utne.com/arts/a-list-of-my-utopias-zm0z17fzcmar/) - A collection of utopias and a reflection of life. - [Imagining Sanskrit Land](https://www.utne.com/politics/imagining-sanskrit-land-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Religious nationalism and transglobal yoga - [The Lost Picture Show](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/the-lost-picture-show-zm0z17fzcmar/) - After embracing magnetic tape storage, Hollywood archives struggle to keep pace with technology. - [Extra Kindness for the Most Vulnerable (and Resilient) Mariposas](https://www.utne.com/community/extra-kindness-for-the-most-vulnerable-and-resilient-mariposas-zm0z17fzcmar/) - LGBTQ refugees and immigrants often lack a supportive network of fellow nationals – but now that’s changing. - [Meeting Nature as a Presence](https://www.utne.com/environment/meeting-nature-as-a-presence-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Aldo Leopold and the deeper nature of Nature - [Public Banking Goes to Pot](https://www.utne.com/economy/public-banking-goes-to-pot-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Can the cannabis industry help launch the nation’s first public bank in nearly a century? - [Technician of the Sacred](https://www.utne.com/media/technician-of-the-sacred-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Three recent books demonstrate that John Cage is overdue for a populist revival - [Utne Film Sampler](https://www.utne.com/arts/utne-reader-film-sampler/) - Each quarter, Utne Reader previews current and upcoming independent film and documentary releases. - [A World Ever at Its End](https://www.utne.com/arts/a-world-ever-at-its-end-zm0z17fzcmar/) - Living amid the destruction of everything we knew - [Rap on Trial](https://www.utne.com/politics/rap-on-trial-zm0z17fzcmar/) - When a defendant has performed rap lyrics about crime in songs and videos, is that evidence of real criminality? - [Current Issue](https://www.utne.com/archives/Current-Issue/) - Content from the latest issue of Utne Reader... - [Learning From the Man Known Only as 'Him'](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/learning-from-the-man-known-only-as-him-zm0z17fzcmar/) - First-year medical students still rely on cadavers to learn anatomy. - [Maroons and the Dismal Swamp](https://www.utne.com/community/maroons-and-the-dismal-swamp-zm0z17fzcmar/) - One road out of slavery took you straight into the boggiest place you’ve ever been. - [Faint Sounds, Loud Impact](https://www.utne.com/environment/faint-sounds-loud-impact-zm0z17fzcmar/) - At the edge of our industrialized wildlands, Kurt Fristrup is listening. - [Glam It Up With Midnight Opera](https://www.utne.com/arts/midnight-opera-zbtz1708zsau/) - Watch Midnight Opera perform songs from their debut album "The Mesmerist." - [Climate Crisis: Eric Utne and Paul Hawken Debate Path Forward](https://www.utne.com/community/climate-crisis-eric-utne-paul-harken-debate-path-forward-zbtz1707zsau/) - Author Paul Hawken responds to Eric Utne’s critique of his book, Drawdown, and Eric counters. - [A Conversation With Paul Kingsnorth](https://www.utne.com/environment/paul-kingsnorth-zbtz1707zsau/) - An evening with author Paul Kingsnorth. - [American LGBT Tolerance](https://www.utne.com/politics/american-lgbt-tolerance-ze0z1707zols/) - Learn how today’s tolerance can sabotage the LGBT community's full civil rights of the future. - [Quitter #7: May](https://www.utne.com/arts/quitter-number-seven-part-five-july-zbtz1707zsau/) - Part five of the chapbook Quitter #7. - [The Positive Power of Walking](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/the-positive-power-of-walking-zbtz1706zsau/) - National summit showcases health, economic, and social justice benefits of walkable communities. - [Capturing the Elusive Echo of Why](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/meaning-in-life-zm0z17uzcwil/) - Seeking meaning in life after decades of alcoholism and apparently random tragedy. - [Exterminating the Amaranth](https://www.utne.com/environment/amaranth-grain-zm0z17uzcwil/) - Amaranth, one of the oldest grains in the world, is at risk from GM technology. - [The Sacred Cow: Fighting Desertification](https://www.utne.com/environment/fighting-desertification-zm0z17uzcwil/) - Allan Savory's Holistic Management Theory of fighting desertification by running more cattle on pasture land falls short on science. - [The Talk: Surviving Police Encounters While Black](https://www.utne.com/community/police-racial-discrimination-zm0z17uzcwil/) - The Talk is a rite of passage for many African-American children: parental warnings on how to handle racial discrimination from police. - [Summer 2017 Utne Reader Table of Contents](https://www.utne.com/archives/table-of-contents-summer-2017/) - Table of Contents: Summer 2017 - [Pleasantly Vexed With Erik Satie](https://www.utne.com/arts/pleasantly-vexed-with-erik-satie-zm0z17uzcwil/) - Christian Williams muses on the importance of mindfulness through a performance of Erik Satie's "Vexations." - [Predicting Antidepressant Efficacy](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/predicting-antidepressant-effect-zm0z17uzcwil/) - Using MRIs and patient histories to predict antidepressant effects — or if they're likely to work at all. - [Potato, Interrupted: Genetic Engineering for Disease Resistance](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/genetically-engineered-potato-zm0z17uzcwil/) - Almost every cultivated variety of potato is susceptible to late blight, except a genetically engineered variety developed in the late 2000s. - [Make America Again](https://www.utne.com/arts/make-america-again-zm0z17uzcwil/) - A vision of an America worth resisting for. - [Everyday Heroism After a Car Accident](https://www.utne.com/community/everyday-heroism-zm0z17uzcwil/) - The collective strength of strangers after a horrifying car accident is a moving example of everyday heroism. - [Motivating Addicts — and Their Doctors](https://www.utne.com/community/addiction-treatment-programs-zm0z17uzcwil/) - How doctors can be retrained to use empathy in addiction treatment programs for better success with patients and with themselves. - [White Light: Connecting Steve Urkel and the Velvet Underground](https://www.utne.com/arts/white-light-white-heat-zm0z17uzcwil/) - A remarkable — or completely coincidental — connection to the Velvet Underground's second album, White Light/White Heat, in an episode of "Family Matters." - [Prescription Painkiller Abuse in Small-Town Colorado](https://www.utne.com/community/prescription-painkiller-abuse-zm0z17uzcwil/) - When a private pain clinic, High Country Medical, opened in downtown Craig, Colorado, it sparked an opioid addiction crisis that has yet to end. - [Aging and Addicted to Opioids](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/prescription-of-painkillers-zm0z17uzcwil/) - When you picture drug abuse, Canadian seniors may not come to mind. But the over-prescription of painkillers has made them another face of the opioid epidemic. - [Is There a Business Model for Serious Journalism in the Age of Trump?](https://www.utne.com/media/journalism-business-model-zm0z17uzcwil/) - The press has arguably never been more vulnerable. 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Ross lit the spark that impassioned Cesar Chavez. - [The Rise of Third Wave Capitalism](https://www.utne.com/economy/rise-of-third-wave-capitalism-ze0z1610zcbru/) - The relationship between government and business became ever more intimate, and, correspondingly, the protections that the federal, state, and local governments offered the poor and the middle class began to fray. - [Listening Unfolding: Faith and Poetry](https://www.utne.com/community/listening-unfolding-faith-and-poetry-zm0z16fzsel/) - A poet/pastor discovers the remarkable similarities between his two vocations. - [The “Back to the Land” Movement](https://www.utne.com/environment/back-to-the-land-movement-ze0z1609zfis/) - Living in communes, co-ops, and handmade geodesic domes, each feeling a deep personal objection to their current lives, the youth of the 1970s surged at once away from their urban lifestyles into sustainable rural living. - [Book Review: 7 Days in Ohio — Trump, The Gathering of the Juggalos and the Summer Everything Went Insane](https://www.utne.com/arts/book-review-7-days-in-ohio-zb0z1609zsau/) - Author Nathan Rabin reflects on the similarities between Trump followers and Juggalos. - [Can Someone Reinvent the Past to Claim Redemption?](https://www.utne.com/community/reinvent-the-past-claim-redemption-ze0z1609zcbru/) - Will society allow a convicted felon claim redemption after reimagining his past? Or are facts more powerful than who he has become? - [Why “Black Lives Matter” Matters](https://www.utne.com/politics/black-lives-matter-matters-ze0z1609zfis/) - Racism in America is something that has persisted since the day this country began. And while there have been many outcries at the injustice, none has been so universally prevalent as Black Lives Matter. - [A Big Celebration for Little Free Libraries](https://www.utne.com/community/big-celebration-for-little-free-libraries-zm0z16fzsel/) - Thousands gather in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the first-ever Little Free Library Festival. - [A Veteran’s Duel with the Death Impulse](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/veterans-duel-with-death-impluse-zm0z16fzsel/) - In 1966, Everett Cox never anticipated that four decades of recurring suicidal thoughts and multiple suicide attempts would stem from what he learned in army boot camp. Nor could he have imagined what would help him. - [Back-to-the-Land, Six Feet Under](https://www.utne.com/community/back-to-the-land-six-feet-under-zm0z16fzsel/) - A home burial in the Peach Orchard Hill Cemetery. - [Angels, Protesters, and Patriots](https://www.utne.com/politics/angels-protesters-and-patriots-zm0z16fzsel/) - What a long-ago skirmish involving the Hells Angels says about love of country. - [Black Culture and History Matter](https://www.utne.com/politics/black-culture-and-history-matter-zm0z16fzsel/) - It took 150 years after America officially abolished slavery to get a national museum on the black experience. - [Helping Us Learn How to Listen](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/helping-us-learn-how-to-listen-zm0z16fzsel/) - A conversation with author and Peabody-award winning radio host Krista Tippett. - [Goodbye and Good Luck!](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/goodbye-and-good-luck-zm0z16fzsel/) - An 84-year-old grandmother in the early stages of dementia dragged a foam mattress to one of her favorite spots on Bowen Island, British Columbia, so that she could die the death of her choosing. - [Finding Time for Our Parks](https://www.utne.com/environment/finding-time-for our-parks-zm0z16fzsel/) - Americans are visiting more parks but spending less time in them. What does this mean for the future of our wild spaces? - [Horns in the Hollows](https://www.utne.com/community/horns-in-the-hollows-zm0z16fzsel/) - Remembering how to temper a bad attitude in a rust-belt steel town. - [Learning to Walk](https://www.utne.com/community/learning-to-walk-zm0z16fzsel/) - Working with horses and residents at a prison-alternative ranch. - [Permaculture or Spermaculture?](https://www.utne.com/food/permaculture-or-spermaculture-zm0z16fzsel/) - Confronting patriarchy in Western permaculture and alternative food movements. - [The Haunting of Loon Lake Cemetery](https://www.utne.com/community/the-haunting-of-loon-lake-cemetery-zm0z16fzsel/) - Assessing the collateral damage when people and places are attached to ghostly legends. - [The Simplest Way to Tackle Poverty](https://www.utne.com/economy/simplest-way-to-tackle-poverty-zm0z16fzsel/) - Proposals for a guaranteed minimum income have been gaining momentum over the past few years. What’s all the fuss about? - [Surviving the Silly Season](https://www.utne.com/politics/surviving-the-silly-season-zm0z16fzsel/) - A diary of the circuses that were the Republican and Democratic national conventions. - [To and from the Soul’s Hall](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/to-and-from-souls-hall-zm0z16fzsel/) - Grief both acknowledges what has been lost and ensures that we don’t forget what we must remember. - [Film Review: Klown Forever](https://www.utne.com/arts/film-review-klown-forever-zb0z1609zsau/) - The comedy Klown Forever, starring Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam, features the same bad judgment and appalling behavior found in the first film of the series. - [Environmentalism: A Military Approach](https://www.utne.com/environment/a-military-approach-ze0z1609zfis/) - By taking a look at what he calls “environmentality,” Marzec shows how a military look at environmentalism has turned into the ill-conceived idea that human adaptation should trump the effort for sustainable living. - [We Still Have the Now](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/we-still-have-now-ze0z1609zcbru/) - With the energy of mindfulness and concentration, you will be able to clear away the misunderstandings, the anger, the sadness and suspicion of days gone by. - [This Is It](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/this-is-it-ze0z1609zcbru/) - If you have been awaiting a change or looking for an opportunity then look no further than today. - [Walking In the Now](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/walking-in-the-now-ze0z1609zcbru/) - Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers advice on living in the present. - [The Deeply Political Act of Caring](https://www.utne.com/politics/the-deeply-political-act-of-caring-ze0z1609zcbru/) - The act of caring may seem like a simple notion, but many choose to reject caring about certain life changing political processes. - [Sex + Setting: Friends Don’t Let Friends Sleep With Shamans](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/sex-setting-friends-dont-let-friends-sleep-with-shamans-zb0z1608zsau/) - Ayahuasca, the Amazonian psychedelic plant medicine, can be an extraordinary, life-changing experience. If ayahuasca is right for you, you should have safe access to the adventure. - [In The Spirit of Nature: Cosmic Sisters on Ayahuasca](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/in-the-spirit-of-nature-zb0z1609zsau/) - Through Ayahuasca, many people discover and remove obstacles to wellness within their own psyches and find peace, inspiration, clarity, revelation and even full-on paradigm shifts. - [An Unnatural History of Evil Clowns](https://www.utne.com/arts/unnatural-history-of-evil-clowns-ze0z1609zcbru/) - While most clowns are generally delightful, it’s no hardship to locate a red-nosed, deviant threatening to do you harm! Join us in a look back at the unnatural history of evil clowns. - [The Political Prison](https://www.utne.com/politics/political-prison-ze0z1609zfol/) - Author Mark Satin believes there are six characteristics that bind our society – find out what they are. - [No Matter What We Possess In Life, In the End All That We Have Is Time](https://www.utne.com/community/italian-earthquake-zb0z1609zsau/) - Families lost everything in the blink of an eye as Death came calling suddenly in the Italian countryside. - [Experiences with Polyamorous Relationships](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/experiences-with-polyamorous-relationships-ze0z1608zsel/) - One man details the impact his polyamorous relationships have had on him throughout his life. - [How to Get Solar Panels Onto More Affordable Apartment Buildings](https://www.utne.com/environment/solar-storage-affordable-housing-zb0z1608zsau/) - Tackling the energy costs of affordable housing tenants with solar + storage technologies. - [A Culture Returned](https://www.utne.com/arts/a-culture-returned-ze0z1608zfis/) - By studying and identifying the millions of Jewish books once thought destroyed by the Nazis, one group of Jewish scholars made it their duty to return the texts to the people who had already lost so much. - [Our Lives as Unhappy Consumers](https://www.utne.com/politics/our-lives-as-unhappy-consumers-ze0z1608zfis/) - As we lose touch with the world around us, we become dependent on technology, on quantity over quality, and on consuming rather than experiencing. We should be working to fix that. - [Healthy Snack Invented on Indian Reservation Now Faces Stiff Corporate Competition](https://www.utne.com/food/snack-invented-on-indian-reservation-faces-corporate-competition-zbtz1608zsel/) - The Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation is located in one of the poorest counties in America. It is also home to a new and booming natural foods company, Native American Natural Foods. - [Photo Essay: Day Two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention](https://www.utne.com/politics/photo-essay-2-democratic-national-convention-2016-zbtz1607zsau/) - Street scenes from Philadelphia on day two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. - [Photo Essay: Day One of the 2016 Democratic National Convention](https://www.utne.com/politics/photo-essay-1-democratic-national-convention-2016-zbtz1607zsau/) - Street scenes from Philadelphia on day one of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. - [The Pain Truth: What is Pain?](https://www.utne.com/environment/the-pain-truth-what-is-pain-ze0z1607zsel/) - How is the nebulous and murky nature of pain explained? - [Internet Privacy Doesn’t Mean A Thing … Yet.](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/internet-privacy-doesnt-mean-a-thing-yet-ze0z1607zfis/) - What would it look like for Internet privacy to be not an ideal, but a right, so that personal data could be hidden, deleted, and not return to loom over the future? - [Fighting Fracking to Save the Land](https://www.utne.com/environment/fighting-fracking-to-save-land-ze0z1607zgai/) - The threat of environmental destruction creates unity among those who believe that their efforts, no matter how small, have the power to create change. - [Bridging the Partisan Divide](https://www.utne.com/politics/bridging-the-partisan-divide-ze0z1607zcbru/) - While we try to identify with the box we plan on checking in the next election, Mark Gerzon and other trailblazers are working to reunite Americans to be able to work more efficiently with each other. - [Photo Essay: Day Three of the 2016 Republican National Convention](https://www.utne.com/politics/photo-essay-3-republican-national-convention-2016-zbtz1607zsau/) - Street scenes from Cleveland during day three of the 2016 Republican National Convention. - [Photo Essay: Day Two of the 2016 Republican National Convention](https://www.utne.com/politics/photo-essay-2-republican-national-convention-2016-zbtz1607zsau/) - Street scenes from Cleveland during day two of the 2016 Republican National Convention. - [The Steel Strike of 1937](https://www.utne.com/community/the-steel-strike-of-1937-ze0z1607zfis/) - The Memorial Day Massacre was only the beginning of the bloody “Little Steel Strike,” where unions and laborers protested the companies that refused to acknowledge their rights under The New Deal. - [Hamilton, O.J. Simpson, Orlando, Gun Violence, and What the 4th of July, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Dallas and Baton Rouge Police Shootings Mean to Me](https://www.utne.com/community/hamilton-oj-simpson-orlando-zl0z1607zsau/) - Hamilton, O.J. Simpson, Orlando, Gun Violence, and What the 4th of July, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Dallas and Baton Rouge Police Shootings Mean to Me by Kevin Powell, special to Utne Reader Collage by Marinique Mora “I think the first duty of society is justice.” —ALEXANDER HAMILTON “You’ve gotta give them hope. - [Photo Essay: Day One of the 2016 Republican National Convention](https://www.utne.com/politics/photo-essay-republican-national-convention-2016-zbtz1607zsau/) - An inside look at the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention. - [Finding Community with New Orleans Bloggers](https://www.utne.com/community/finding-community-with-new-orleans-bloggers-ze0z1607zfis/) - The pieces of post-Katrina life presented here cover a range of topics, from politics and evacuation to food, pets and Saints football. - [More Money More Political Problems](https://www.utne.com/politics/more-money-more-political-problems-ze0z1607zfis/) - In an electoral system that’s become more about cash flow than majority voters, wealth forces a cycle of media and money that leaves representative democracy in the dust. - [Walking Makes Strides in All Kinds of Communities](https://www.utne.com/community/walking-makes-strides-all-kinds-communities-zbtz1607zsel/) - From inner-city Birmingham to small town Iowa to racially diverse suburbs of LA. - [Understanding Your Spirit in an Unconcerned World](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/understanding-your-spirit-in-an-unconcerned-world-ze0z1606fis/) - Whether you identify as Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or you desire a look at spirituality free from religion, "Break the Norms" discusses soul searching in a way that is as deeply impactful as it is honest about the world we live in. - [Summer 2016 Utne Reader Table of Contents](https://www.utne.com/archives/table-of-contents-summer-2016/) - Table of Contents: Summer 2016 - [Gone Astray](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/shooting-an-elephant-morals-gone-astray-zm0z16uzsel/) - Values fall by the wayside for a humanitarian aid worker in Sri Lanka. - [Book Review: Mr. Green Jeans](https://www.utne.com/arts/book-review-mr-green-jeans-zmbz16uzsau/) - Novel focuses on fight to save the Earth. - [Beautiful Monsters: Living with a Prosthetic Limb](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/beautiful-monsters-living-with-prosthetic-limb-zm0z16uzsel/) - Ruminating on life with a prosthetic limb. - [Choosing Love After Sandy Hook](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/choosing-love-after-sandy-hook-zm0z16uzsel/) - A mother explains how she has reacted to her son’s murder after the Sandy Hook School shootings. - [Giving Power to the People](https://www.utne.com/community/giving-power-to-the-people-zm0z16uzsel/) - A profile of civil rights attorney and empowerment center founder Michael Sussman - [Folk Artists vs. the State](https://www.utne.com/politics/folk-artists-vs-the-state-zm0z16uzsel/) - Truckhenge, Bishop Castle, the Garden of Eden, and the anti-authoritarianism of outsider art. - [Empowering Port Jervis and Beyond](https://www.utne.com/community/empowering-port-jervis-and-beyond-zm0z16uzsel/) - Michael Sussman’s empowerment centers are helping communities band together and step up where social services fall short. - [Moving the Goalposts for Plant Intelligence](https://www.utne.com/environment/moving-the-goalposts-for-plant-intelligence-zm0z16uzsel/) - What Cleve Backster’s research into plant intelligence reveals about the attunement of living things. - [Power Politics: Government Regulation of Solar Power](https://www.utne.com/politics/power-politics-government-regulation-solar-power-zm0z16uzsel/) - Understanding the GOP’s civil war over off-the-grid energy and government regulation of solar power. - [Nature as God: Repairing the Circle](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/nature-as-god-repairing-the-circle-zm0z16uzsel/) - The Cree people have never separated their deities from nature—and for good reason. - [Psychedelics and Systems Change](https://www.utne.com/politics/psychedelics-and-systems-change-zm0z16uzsel/) - Prohibitionists are correct: The legalization of psychoactive drugs and psychedelics would indeed mean the end of society as we know it … and that’s a good thing. - [Solitary Confinement and Supermax Prisons](https://www.utne.com/politics/solitary-confinement-and-supermax-prisons-zm0z16uzsel/) - A closer look at the latest U.S. export to Brazil — the supermax prison system. - [Teachings from Tibetan Buddhism: On Course for Compassion](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/teachings-tibetan-buddhism-on-course-compassion-zm0z16uzsel/) - Mindfulness is not enough — we must develop our capacity for altruism, a Buddhist scholar argues. - [Texas Prisons: No Place for Old Men](https://www.utne.com/community/texas-prisons-no-place-for-old-men-zm0z16uzsel/) - Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. - [The See Change: How Virtual Reality is Blurring Realism](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/see-change-virtual-reality-blurring-realism-zm0z16uzsel/) - Huge advances in virtual reality are challenging the nature of experience. - [The Syrian War: Living with the Dead](https://www.utne.com/community/syrian-war-living-with-the-dead-zm0z16uzsel/) - Inside the underground tombs that have become shelter for war-ravaged Syrian civilians - [The Trans Revolution: Fighting for Transgender Rights](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/trans-revolution-fighting-for-transgender-rights-zm0z16uzsel/) - Tracking the course of transgender rights and their liberating potential for us all. - [What Keeps Us from Showing Self-Compassion?](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/what-keeps-us-from-showing-self-compassion-zm0z16uzsel/) - Busting the five myths of self-compassion. - [From a Need for Hygiene to Environmental Racism](https://www.utne.com/environment/from-a-need-for-hygiene-to-environmental-racism-ze0z1606zfis/) - From the age of Thomas Jefferson and on, environmental racism in the United States and ideas about waste and cleanliness have shaped where people have lived, where people have worked, and how society’s refuse has been managed. - [Remembering the Wounded Knee Massacre](https://www.utne.com/arts/remembering-the-wounded-knee-massacre-ze0z1606zsel/) - A glimpse into the horrific Wounded Knee Massacre and how the event has resonated with Native American writers ever since. - [Better Budgeting: Make Change Feel Normal](https://www.utne.com/community/better-budgeting-make-change-feel-normal-ze0z1606zsel/) - Apply better budgeting strategies to make changes to spending less controversial and more easily accepted within the school district. - [Who Promotes Islamophobia?](https://www.utne.com/media/who-promotes-islamophobia-ze0z1606zsel/) - Former editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo, Stéphane Charbonnier shares his final thoughts on the rise of Islamophobia days before his murder at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists. - [We're All Conspiracy Theorists](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/were-all-conspiracy-theorists-ze0z1606zfis/) - Through a study of human psychology, "Suspicious Minds" suggests that we’re all conspiracy theorists—some of us just hide it better than others. - [Age of Uncertainty in the 1800s](https://www.utne.com/politics/age-of-uncertainty-1800s-ze0z1606zcbru/) - In the 1800s birthdays were not seen as markers into adulthood, leaving many young people confused as to where they belonged in society. - [The Peanut Allergy Epidemic](https://www.utne.com/food/peanut-allergy-epidemic-ze0z1606zcbru/) - Explore how a small group of children affected by peanut allergies has exploded into a global epidemic. - [Letter to a Young Man](https://www.utne.com/community/kevin-powell-letter-to-a-young-man-zl0z16uzsau/) - A letter to a young man. - [Milestones (Or What Passes for Them in Washington)](https://www.utne.com/politics/milestones-or-what-passes-for-them-in-washington-zbtz1606zsel/) - A multi-trillion-dollar bridge to nowhere in the Greater Middle East. - [Coping with Climate Change](https://www.utne.com/arts/coping-with-climate-change/) - New documentary embraces hope, defiance, and humor in face of global crisis. - [Finding the Sweet Spot of Erotic Capital](https://www.utne.com/politics/erotic-capital-ze0z1606zhou/) - A brief look at how women can take advantage of the beauty premium that erotic capital affords them—or be penalized because of it. - [The Hoodie's Place in Fear and Fashion](https://www.utne.com/community/hoodies-place-in-fear-and-fashion-ze0z1606zcbru/) - The hoodie, a seemingly harmless wardrobe staple, seems to be vexed by a long history of violence which gives way to fear-mongering and discrimination. - [The Costs of Violence: Masters of Mankind Pt. 2](https://www.utne.com/politics/the-costs-of-violence-masters-of-mankind-zbtz1605zsau/) - ISIS, the refugee crises, and where the American sledgehammer strategy has gotten us. - [The Three Goodbyes of a Service Dog](https://www.utne.com/community/three-good-byes-service-dogs-ze0z1605zcbru/) - Experience the 3 different good-byes experienced with service-animals and a lesson on remaining positive. - [An Interview with Dubravka Ugrešic](https://www.utne.com/arts/interview-with-dubravka-ugresic/) - The 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature winner talks about the rise of fascism, the refugee crises in Europe, and the increasing recognition given to women writers. - [My Father: Prisoner of War](https://www.utne.com/politics/my-father-prisoner-of-war-ze0z1605zsel/) - Author Catherine Madison recounts the story of how her father was thrust into the Korean conflict and how he became a prisoner of war. - [Social Justice: The New American Dream](https://www.utne.com/community/social-justice-american-dream-ze0z1605zhou/) - Kurt Vonnegut urges us to rethink the American dream and become a family, taking care of each other as families do, and spend more money on schools, hospitals and Ferris wheels. - [Freeing Gastronomy and Embracing Slow Food](https://www.utne.com/food/freeing-gastronomy-and-embracing-slow-food-ze0z1605zgai/) - Using food as a tool for empowerment and transformation in today’s rapidly changing world. - [A Quantified Approach to Water Conservation](https://www.utne.com/environment/a-quantified-approach-to-water-conservation-ze0z1605zgai/) - Modern technology and precise data collection help alleviate the freshwater crisis unresolved by outdated water laws and regulations. - [American Power Under Challenge: Masters of Mankind Pt. 1](https://www.utne.com/politics/american-power-under-challenge-zbtz1605zsau/) - Who rules the world? - [Gimme Shelter (From the Tax Man)](https://www.utne.com/politics/gimme-shelter-from-the-tax-man-zbtz1605zcwil/) - Disappearing money and opportunistic candidates. - [Protecting Communities from Climate Change (Hint: It’s not Just About Seawalls)](https://www.utne.com/environment/protecting-communities-from-climate-change/) - New research confirms that climate change takes its greatest toll in low-income neighborhoods that concentrate many kinds of vulnerability. - [Kung Fu Nuns](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/kung-fu-nuns-ze0z1605zgai/) - Martial art becomes a means of spiritual empowerment for the Buddhist nuns of Druk Gawa Khilwa nunnery in Nepal. - [My House: Out of Fashion and Running Out of Time](https://www.utne.com/community/my-house-out-of-fashion-and-running-out-of-time-zbtz1604zsau/) - Amidst rumors of possible demolition, one woman wonders what will become of her childhood home and the memories created there. - [The Stigma of Fast Food Work](https://www.utne.com/community/stigma-fast-food-ze0z1604zcbru/) - When a young father starts working nights in the fast-food industry while his wife finishes school, he recieves stigmatic reactions and wonders why someone should be shamed for trying to make an honest living. - [Salmon Farming in Norway](https://www.utne.com/food/salmon-farming-ze0z1604zcwil/) - Take a look at a day in the life of a Norwegian salmon farmer, and all she has to know to do a good job. - [Reclamation: To Take Back, To Make Right, To Make Useful](https://www.utne.com/environment/reclaiming-the-natural-world-ze0z1604zgai/) - Should we return areas to their natural state, or make them more accessible for human use? 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A Question for 21st-Century Theater](https://www.utne.com/arts/21st-century-theater-zm0z16szdeh/) - In a moment when our lives are becoming increasingly virtual, why bother telling stories the old-fashioned way, with a bunch of bodies gathered in a room? - [The Battle of and for the Black Face Boy](https://www.utne.com/community/the-battle-of-and-for-the-black-face-boy-zm0z16szsau/) - A lyric poem about being black in the United States of America. - [The Paleolithic Diet and Modern Hunter-Gatherer Tribes](https://www.utne.com/food/paleo-diet-ze0z1603zbay/) - This fresh look at Paleolithic and ancestral diets takes contemporary hunter-gatherer tribes into consideration. - [Male Gods and Massive Media: Religion Runs Free on the Internet](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/male-gods-and-massive-media-zm0z16szdeh/) - For those on the margins of faith, the internet is exploding notions of what religion can be. - [Defusing the Politics of Anger](https://www.utne.com/politics/politics-of-anger-zm0z16szdeh/) - Productive activism starts with learning how to listen. - [My Intentional Community and the Law](https://www.utne.com/community/intentional-community-zm0z16szdeh/) - Coexisting with authority in order to live your own life on your own terms. - [Bee-ware of Neonicotinoids](https://www.utne.com/environment/bee-ware-of-neonicotinoids-zm0z16szdeh/) - While the Environmental Protection Agency drags its feet on regulating pesticides harmful to bees and other pollinators, local communities take action. - [The Second Racial Wealth Gap](https://www.utne.com/economy/racial-wealth-gap-zm0z16szdeh/) - White millennials can often rely on their parents for financial assistance. For many black and Hispanic millennials, it’s the other way around. - [Spring Fever and Black Earth](https://www.utne.com/environment/spring-fever-black-earth-zm0z16szdeh/) - Accepting an invitation to feel the living spirit of nature. - [Yours, Not Sitting on a Pumpkin](https://www.utne.com/politics/yours-not-sitting-on-a-pumpkin-zm0z16szdeh/) - What can you offer the man who has it all? Trump finds out when he tries to buy Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond. - [American Housing: Building with Culture in Mind](https://www.utne.com/community/american-housing-zm0z16szdeh/) - Adaptable floor plans aim to expand the American housing market and please the growing demographic of multi-cultural homebuyers. - [8 Colorful Irish Slang Terms](https://www.utne.com/arts/8-colorful-irish-slang-terms-zbtz1603zsau/) - If you have duck's meat in your eyes, don't worry. - [It Can't Happen Here ... Can It?](https://www.utne.com/politics/it-cant-happen-here-can-it-zbtz1603zcwil/) - Trump’s storm troopers and the possibility of American fascism. - [The Story of Sutikalh](https://www.utne.com/arts/the-story-of-sutikalh/) - Sutikalh is a village in the Cayoosh Mountains of southern British Columbia. - [I Am a Federal Prisoner](https://www.utne.com/community/i-am-a-federal-prisoner/) - How to pass the time inside a federal prison. - [Spring 2016 Utne Reader Table of Contents](https://www.utne.com/archives/table-of-contents-spring-2016/) - Table of Contents: Spring 2016 - [Parenthood: A Pilgrimage](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/parenthood-pilgrimage-ze0z1603zhou/) - Are we ever, truly, prepared for parenthood? Discover how, and why, David Hlavsa and his wife embarked on a 400 mile pilgrimage in order to build a richer life, with children. - [Will Racism Ever End, Will I Ever Stop Being a Nigger?](https://www.utne.com/community/kevin-powell-will-racism-ever-end-zl0z16szsau/) - Kevin Powell on being Black in post-Obama America. - [Coverage of Presidential Elections Since 1984](https://www.utne.com/politics/coverage-of-presidential-elections-zl0z1603zsau/) - Explore how past presidential elections have shaped our current political climate with this look through the Utne Reader archives. - [Rewriting Personal Narratives to Heal](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/rewriting-personal-narratives-ze0z1602zhou/) - Discover how recreating your personal narrative can transform the patterns in your life, community and beyond. - [Nickel and Dimed in 2016](https://www.utne.com/economy/nickel-and-dimed-in-2016-zbtz1602zcwil/) - You can't earn a living on the minimum wage. - [The City as a Commons](https://www.utne.com/community/the-city-as-a-commons-zb0z1602zcwil/) - Urban commons projects are cropping up around the world to restore citizens' sense of ownership in their neighborhoods. - [American Democracy Down for the Count](https://www.utne.com/politics/american-democracy-down-for-the-count-zbtz1602zcwil/) - Or What Is It the Scandinavians Have That We Don’t? - [Two, Three ... Many Flints](https://www.utne.com/environment/two-three-many-flints-zbtz1602zcwil/) - America's Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis - [The Suspiciousness Spectrum: Exploring Paranoia](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/suspiciousness-paranoid-disorders-ze0z1602zdeh/) - From the mildly suspicious to the extremely paranoid, the feeling of paranoia exists on the scale of an ordinary human emotion. - [Global Religion in the 21st Century](https://www.utne.com/politics/global-religion-ze0z1602zdeh/) - Finding different religions’ places in an interconnected world. - [Night of the Living Dead, Climate Change-Style](https://www.utne.com/environment/night-of-the-living-dead-climate-change-style-zbtz1602zcwil/) - How to Stop the Fossil Fuel Industry From Wrecking Our World - [Trekking Through the Aravaipa Canyon](https://www.utne.com/environment/aravaipa-canyon-ze0z1601zdeh/) - Hiking through the Aravaipa Canyon to reconnect with the forces of nature in a new, advanced epoch: the Age of Man. - [Cosmological Models: The Beginning and End of the Universe](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/beginning-of-the-universe-ze0z1601zdeh/) - Examining the second law of thermodynamics, and how the universal concept of entropy affects us in everyday life. - [A Father’s Invisible Presence](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/fathers-invisible-presence-ze0z1601zdeh/) - One woman sifts through her family’s history in search of the remnants of a father she never knew. - [The Oil Pricequake](https://www.utne.com/economy/the-oil-pricequake-zbtz1601zcwil/) - Political Turmoil in a Time of Low Energy Prices - [The American West: Roosevelt’s New Deal Policy](https://www.utne.com/politics/new-deal-policy-ze0z1601zdeh/) - A historical look at the New Deal Policy’s effect on the American West during the Great Depression. - [Investigating the Nature of the Self](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/nature-of-the-self-ze0z1601zdeh/) - A brief, introductory glance into Cotard’s Syndrome, the strange science of personal identity and the nature of the self. - [Practicing Self-Trust: The Value of Being Perfectly Imperfect](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/self-trust-ze0z1601zdeh/) - Trying to keep up with the demands of daily life is exhausting. Developing self-trust and accepting a perfectly imperfect world can help you cope. - [MDs Now Prescribe Walking as a Boost to Health](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/mds-now-prescribe-walking-as-a-boost-to-health-zbsz1601zcwil/) - A compelling reason to keep your New Year’s resolution to be more active. - [Kids' Questions on a Lockdown Planet](https://www.utne.com/community/kids-questions-on-a-lockdown-planet-zbtz1601zcwil/) - Thinking the parentally unthinkable. - [Winners and Losers in Our New Media Moment](https://www.utne.com/media/winners-and-losers-in-our-new-media-moment-zbtz1512zcwil/) - Donald Trump, Mass Shootings With an Islamic Terrorist Flavor, and the Rise of the "Spectaculection" - [Drownproofing for a Knowledge Economy](https://www.utne.com/community/drownproofing-ze0z1512zcwil/) - The original — and very literal — drownproofing course at Georgia Tech is no longer required, but a different kind of drownproofing is necessary for graduates to do well in a knowledge economy. - [A New World Beckons](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/a-new-world-beckons-zbtz1512zcwil/) - The Future Belongs to Renewables - [Minisink Maladies](https://www.utne.com/environment/minisink-maladies-zl0z1512zsau/) - A small town navigates the hazardous implications of fracking. - [Winter 2015 Utne Reader Table of Contents](https://www.utne.com/archives/table-of-contents-winter-2015/) - Table of Contents: Winter 2015 - [Start a Record Label If...](https://www.utne.com/arts/start-a-record-label-ze0z1512zdeh/) - Want to start your own record label? Here’s 11 things to consider before doing so. - [Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock and Roll](https://www.utne.com/arts/sam-phillips-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Cultural historian Peter Guralnick provides a masterful take on an American music icon. - [How to Measure Indoor Air Pollution](https://www.utne.com/environment/indoor-air-pollution-ze0z1512zbay/) - Home air monitoring has been instrumental in identifying relationships between emissions from fracking-related infrastructure and symptoms experienced by people living nearby. - [Christian Theology in a Progress-Driven World](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/christian-theology-ze0z1512zcwil/) - Modern attitudes toward progress share many characteristics with traditional Christian theology. - [Learn How to Listen in a Radically Different Way](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/listening-skills-ze0z1512zbay/) - Apply this listening skill to foster a better environment for ideas. - [The Role of Plants in the Order of Life](https://www.utne.com/environment/plant-life-ze0z1512zbay/) - The story of “The Year the Roses Died” embodies the teaching of the place of plants in our world. - [Want Smarter Students? Stop Teaching Math](https://www.utne.com/arts/mathematics-as-an-art-zm0z15wzdeh/) - A mathematician argues that we need to represent math as it once was: an art. - [Nine Variations on the Idea of Street Music](https://www.utne.com/media/idea-of-street-music-zm0z15wzdeh/) - If no one is really listening, who is the street performance for? - [Lost Frontier: Theodore Roosevelt National Park](https://www.utne.com/environment/theodore-roosevelt-national-park-zm0z15wzdeh/) - As the North Dakota oil rush closes in on Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the Badlands’ most ardent defender wonders if it’s time to leave. - [Yelpers’ Opinions of Authentic Cuisine](https://www.utne.com/food/yelpers-authentic-cuisine-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Who’s on Yelp, and why should we read their restaurant reviews? - [To Uber or Not to Uber](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/to-uber-or-not-to-uber-zm0z15wzdeh/) - An Uber/Lyft driver learns there’s nothing easy about easy money. - [A Hard Look at How We See Race](https://www.utne.com/politics/social-psychology-racial-disparity-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Jennifer Eberhardt’s research shows subconscious connections in people’s minds between black faces and crime, and how those links may pervert justice; law enforcement officers across the country are taking note. - [Microeconomics and McDonald’s](https://www.utne.com/economy/microeconomics-and-mcdonalds-zm0z15wzdeh/) - You can learn a surprising amount from the price of a Big Mac, fries, and a Coke. - [The Startup World: Why You Should Join Our Startup](https://www.utne.com/arts/startup-world-zm0z15wzdeh/) - A satirical and sardonic look at the startup world. - [Home Sick from Toxic Emissions](https://www.utne.com/environment/home-sick-from-toxic-emissions-zm0z15wzdeh/) - How emissions from a toxic gas compressor led one family to abandon their house amid health concerns. - [Microbial Me: A Look Inside Microbiome Research](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/microbiome-research-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Scientists performing microbiome research are discovering how microbes not only make us sick, but also keep our bodies working. - [Gourmets: Handling Emotions with Food Obsessions](https://www.utne.com/food/gourmets-food-obsession-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Oedipus complex is best served well-done. - [Corporate Harm: Tracking Employees and Productivity](https://www.utne.com/economy/tracking-employees-and-productivity-zm0z15wzdeh/) - How workplace surveillance, telematics and tracking employees has become a menace to health and safety. - [Bakken Oil Boom: The Making of a Rich Man](https://www.utne.com/environment/bakken-oil-boom-rich-man-zm0z15wzdeh/) - How to cash in on a boomtown before it busts. - [Appreciating Indigenous Ways of Knowing](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/indigenous-ways-of-knowing-zm0z15wzdeh/) - It’s time we reestablish our connection to a body of wisdom that values millennia of holistic experience and subjective observation. - [Auxiliary Languages: An International Type of Guy](https://www.utne.com/community/international-auxiliary-language-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Is an international auxiliary language enough to truly bring people together? - [How to Live: Obtaining Happiness and Well-Being](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/how-to-live-happiness-well-being-zm0z15wzdeh/) - Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s simple advice for mindful living. - [A National War on Fat & the Value of Young Voices](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/war-on-fat-young-voices-ze0z1512zhou/) - America’s war on fat has wreaked havoc on its target demographic. Young Americans are now speaking up about the trauma this health-promoting agenda has caused. - [Will Chess, Not Battleship, Be the Game of the Future in Eurasia?](https://www.utne.com/politics/will-chess-not-battleship-be-the-game-of-the-future-in-eurasia-zbtz1512zcwil/) - Silk Roads, Night Trains, and the Third Industrial Revolution in China - [African American Women as Victims of Violence](https://www.utne.com/media/african-american-women-victims-of-violence-ze0z1512zdeh/) - How do news stories affect our perception of crimes against women from different racial backgrounds? - [Building Utopia: The Role of Money in Communes](https://www.utne.com/community/the-role-of-money-communes-ze0z1511zhou/) - One incident from Margaret Grundstein’s time living in a hippie commune illustrates the deep-seated role money plays in life—even in a movement aiming for utopia. - [Pie (Best read aloud)](https://www.utne.com/food/pie-best-read-aloud-zb0z1511zsau/) - Meditate on the art of pie as you gather with friends and family this Thanksgiving holiday. - [Utne Reader Book Sampler](https://www.utne.com/arts/utne-reader-book-sampler/) - Every season, Utne Reader reviews and previews a selection of current and upcoming book releases. This sampler was curated by editor Christian Williams. - [Climate Justice: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline](https://www.utne.com/environment/keystone-xl-pipeline-ze0z1511zdeh/) - Fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline one protest at a time. - [The Islamic State’s Origins in Iraq](https://www.utne.com/politics/Islamic-state-iraq-ze0z1511zbay/) - The United States’ and Britain’s bipolar policies in Iraq directly contributed to the rise of the Islamic State. - [Peace of Mind: Spirituality from a Cell](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/the-buddha-pill-ze0z1511zsgre/) - Millions of people meditate daily, but can meditative practices really make us ‘better’ people? - [A Transportation Revolution in the American West](https://www.utne.com/community/alternative-transportation-ze0z1511zbay/) - Discover how getting out of our cars is reclaiming America’s Frontier. - [Walking is a Basic Human Right](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/walking-is-a-basic-human-right/) - National Summit sets strategy to make every American community walkable. - [Song Premiere: Jacob Metcalf — "One Three Nine"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-jacob-metcalf-one-three-nine/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the song "One Three Nine" by North Texas-based folk artist Jacob Metcalf, from his debut album Fjord. - [The Modern Ego and How It Affects Human Behavior](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/modern-ego-human-behavior-ze0z1511zdeh/) - In order to take care of ourselves and others, we must acknowledge the wisdom of our ego. - [Using Our Heads: Solving Human Overpopulation](https://www.utne.com/environment/human-overpopulation-ze0z1511zcwil/) - The solution to human overpopulation and increased strain on nonrenewable resources may lie in human ingenuity, as it has in the past. - [Diagnosing the 21st Century Health Care Dilemma](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/21st-century-health-care-dilemma-ze0z1511zhou/) - Discover the basic factors that are contributing to inflated health care costs and, ultimately, shaping the American medical experience. - [The Halloween Capital of the World](https://www.utne.com/community/halloween-capital-of-the-world-ze0z1510zsau/) - What do a capsized outhouse, a roaming herd of cows and a horseless carriage have to do with how we celebrate Halloween? - [On Building Armies (and Watching Them Fail)](https://www.utne.com/politics/on-building-armies-and-watching-them-fail-zbtz1510zcwil/) - Why Washington Can’t “Stand Up” Foreign Militaries. - [Floating in a Sensory Deprivation Tank](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/sensory-deprivation-tank-zbaz1510zsau/) - Discover the history and benefits of sensory deprivation tanks. - [Utne Reader Podcasts - Abstract Notions](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/abstract-notions-podcast/) - Utne Reader editor Christian Williams explores the nature of consciousness through art, culture, and spirituality in the Abstract Notions podcast. - [A Good Place for Everyone to Walk](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/a-good-place-for-everyone-to-walk-zbsz1510zcwil/) - Movement for health and happiness for low-income families, people of color and immigrants. - [Video Premiere: Banda de Los Muertos – “El Paso”](https://www.utne.com/arts/video-premiere-banda-de-los-muertos/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the music video for “El Paso” from Brooklyn-based Mexican brass band Banda de Los Muertos. - [Eqbal Ahmad: Political Predictor](https://www.utne.com/politics/eqbal-ahmad-ze0z1510zdeh/) - Throughout the final years of his life, Eqbal Ahmad made accurate political predictions that would later shock and amaze his readers in the twenty-first century. - [Restaurant Etiquette: How to Eat Out Without Embarrassing Yourself](https://www.utne.com/community/restaurant-etiquette-ze0z1510zolc/) - A wealth of experience informs this etiquette guide on dining, from table manners to tipping to making a reservation - [Standing Against Abuse in the Garment Industry](https://www.utne.com/community/garment-industry-ze0z1509zcwil/) - After beginning work in the garment industry as a twelve-year-old, Kalpona Akter became the leader of a movement for better pay and safety for Bangladeshi factory workers. - [Song Premiere: Brian Carpenter and The Confessions - "The Far End of the World"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-brian-carpenter-and-the-confessions-the-far-end-of-the-world/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere "The Far End of the World" by Brian Carpenter and The Confessions from their new album. - [A Home for Father’s Ashes](https://www.utne.com/community/fathers-ashes-ze0z1509zgre/) - How far would you go to find peace for your loved ones—and yourself? Author Allan G. Johnson’s story raises profound questions about belonging, identity and place. - [Privacy and Human Rights Violations in the Twenty-First Century](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/human-rights-violations-privacy-ze0z1509zdeh/) - In a world where technology is rapidly transforming aspects of everyday life, human rights and personal privacy is being redefined and needs to be challenged. - [Online Comment: Likers, Haters and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web](https://www.utne.com/media/online-comment-ze0z1509zgre/) - Explore how online comment can inform, improve, manipulate, alienate, shape and perplex us, shedding context in their passage through the Internet, prompting readers to comment in turn, “WTF?” - [Love Lockdown: Keep Your Online Privacy Secured](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/online-privacy-ze0z1509zgre/) - As technology extends further into our personal lives, so do the reaches of the hackers and businesses profiting from it. Is your online privacy really that private? - [Blurred Lines: Boys, Booze and Sexual Boundaries](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/sexual-boundaries-zerz1509zgre/) - The lines dictating sexual boundaries and consent can be blurred when substance is involved and privilege is assumed. - [Fall 2015 Utne Reader Table of Contents](https://www.utne.com/archives/table-of-contents-fall-2015/) - Table of Contents: Fall 2015 - [Poisoned by Industrial Pollution](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/poisoned-by-industrial-pollution-ze0z1509zolc/) - A cancer-ravaged man and his mother work to expose corporate practices of environmental pollution in their town. - [A Road Trip Along the Mexican-American Border](https://www.utne.com/community/a-road-trip-along-the-mexican-american-border-ze0z1509zolc/) - A man sets out on a journey towards understanding physical and cultural divides. - [Song Premiere: Ironing Board Sam - "Honey Baby"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-ironing-board-sam-honey-baby/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the song "Honey Baby" by blues legend Ironing Board Sam, from his new album 'Super Spirit.' - [The Mysticism of Death and Dying](https://www.utne.com/community/death-and-dying-ze0z1509zcwil/) - Rosemarie Freeney Harding recalls family traditions surrounding death and dying, and the dreams and signs that preceded deaths in the family. - [Discovering Denali: A Voyage into Alaska and Self](https://www.utne.com/environment/denali-ze0z1509zgre/) - Any serious student of spirituality and the American landscape must one day address his/her relationship with Alaska, and once in Alaska, he/she must confront Denali, the heart of the state, the state of the heart. - [Gas Compressors and Nose Bleeds](https://www.utne.com/environment/gas-compressors-and-nose-bleeds-zm0z15fzsau/) - A new study connects health issues with rural gas compressor pollution. - [Video Premiere: Daby Touré - "Oma"](https://www.utne.com/arts/video-premiere-daby-toure-oma/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the video for "Oma" by international singer-songwriter Daby Touré. - [True Believer: From Activism to Fanaticism](https://www.utne.com/community/activism-to-fanaticism-zm0z15fzsau/) - How do you know when you’ve crossed the line from activist to fanatic? - [Twenty Hours and Ten Minutes of Therapy](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/coming-out-zm0z15fzsau/) - Reflections at 50 on being young, scared, and coming out. - [The Witness](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/the-witness-zm0z15fzsau/) - Opening our eyes to the nature of this earth. - [The Problem With the Immigration Problem](https://www.utne.com/politics/problem-with-the-immigration-problem-zm0z15fzsau/) - What's behind the belief that immigrants harm our society? - [The Trouble With Americans in Cuba](https://www.utne.com/politics/americans-in-cuba-zm0z15fzsau/) - American prosperity is already stratifying wealth and littering the streets of Cuba. - [The Politics of Crime](https://www.utne.com/arts/politics-of-crime-zm0z15fzsau/) - Crime novels represent South Africa’s new socially conscious genre. - [Rigged System](https://www.utne.com/community/women-truck-drivers-zm0z15fzsau/) - Women truck drivers are paving their own way through an often-hostile industry. - [Clearing Skies of China’s Air Pollution Crisis](https://www.utne.com/environment/chinas-air-pollution-crisis-zm0z15fzsau/) - A journalist who fled China’s air pollution looks back and sees rays of hope. - [Down in the Hole at Malmstrom Air Force Base](https://www.utne.com/politics/malmstrom-air-force-base-zm0z15fzsau/) - Hanging out with the disgruntled guys who babysit our aging nuclear missiles—and hate every second of it. - [10 Billion Years from Now](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/10-billion-years-from-now-zm0z15fzsau/) - A hypothetical peek at the future of Earth and its intelligent species. - [Almost Unendurable Beauty](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/twice-exceptional-zm0z15fzsau/) - Disregarding the hope for normalcy in order to embrace the twice exceptional. - [A Small Town and the Effects of Air Pollution](https://www.utne.com/environment/effects-of-air-pollution-zm0z15fzsau/) - Gas power plant controversy in New York could repeat itself all over the country. - [Humor Is In the Mind of the Beholder](https://www.utne.com/community/humor-in-mind-of-beholder-zbtz1509zcwil/) - Tim White advises a mom who is not amused by a family friend’s idea of parent humor. - [The Ghosts of Tokyo: Homelessness in Japan](https://www.utne.com/community/homelessness-in-japan-zm0z15fzsau/) - A glimpse of Tokyo's homeless men and the efforts to keep them hidden. - [The Slow Death of Free Time](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/slow-death-free-time-ze0z1509zolc/) - Author Craig Lambert offers readers a radical look at how unpaid tasks are leaving us more isolated than ever before. - [Creating the Modern Zoo](https://www.utne.com/community/modern-zoos-ze0z1509zgre/) - Why do we feel bad at the zoo? As locations evolve from sparse concrete enclosures to more naturalistic habitats, the biopolitics driving the creation of the modern zoo ties our desire for a better life for the animals to our broader desire for a better life for the rest of society around them. - [Rising Sea Levels are Changing Florida’s Gulf Coast](https://www.utne.com/environment/rising-sea-levels-ze0z1509zbay/) - The natural landscape and indigenous species inhabiting the islands near Florida’s Gulf Coast are being threatened by rising sea levels due to a rapidly changing climate. - [Song Premiere: Kevin Gordon - "Letter to Shreveport"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-kevin-gordon-letter-to-shreveport/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere "Letter to Shreveport" by bluesman singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon from his new album 'Long Gone Time.' - [Environmental Ethics in a Post-Natural World](https://www.utne.com/environment/environmental-ethics-ze0z1508zcwil/) - Western environmental ethics place tremendous value on “natural” places to the detriment of the built environment most people inhabit. What might a philosophy that recognizes the value of human activity offer to environmentalism? - [Unmentionables](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/unmentionables-zbtz1508zcwil/) - Tim White shares some reader responses to an earlier question from a man with a preference for feminine underwear. - [Megachurches, Suburbia and the Prosperity Gospel](https://www.utne.com/community/prosperity-gospel-ze0z1508zcwil/) - With congregants numbering in the thousands, megachurches are a firmly suburban phenomenon, often promoting a prosperity gospel designed to mesh with the affluent lifestyle of suburbanites. - [It's My Panties and I'll Sit If I Want To](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/its-my-panties-zbhz1507zcwil/) - Tim White reassures a man who prefers wearing panties and peeing sitting down that his preferences are nothing to worry about. - [Cross-Cultural Understanding Through Game Analysis](https://www.utne.com/arts/game-analysis-ze0z1507zcwil/) - Games travel across cultures easily, unlike most other cultural phenomena; game analysis suggests that this is because we play according to similar rules. - [The Uncertain Future of Small Farms in America](https://www.utne.com/community/uncertain-future-of-small-farms-ze0z1507zdeh/) - A new family comes to a 200-year-old farm determined to make their dreams of working on a small farm into a reality. - [Practicing Contentment](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/practicing-contentment-ze0z1507zcwil/) - To find happiness, look into practicing contentment rather than seeking more material wealth. - [Saying Goodbye to Our Friend Bill Coperthwaite](https://www.utne.com/community/bill-coperthwaite-ze0z1507zdeh/) - Sometimes saying goodbye can be a journey of its own. - [Not That Book By Nabokov](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/not-that-book-by-nabokov-zbhz1507zcwil/) - Tim White advises a man who is concerned about his sister's spending habits to find supportive ways to guide her rather than disparaging her interests. - [A Time for Being Sick](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/a-time-for-being-sick/) - Finding contentment in the most unlikely places. - [I Feel the Winds Changing: An Interview with Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Phyllis Omido](https://www.utne.com/environment/interview-with-phyllis-omido-zb0z1507zken/) - Utne Reader speaks with Phyllis Omido, one of the winners of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize. - [Video Premiere: Annie Moses Band - "Psalm of Life"](https://www.utne.com/arts/video-premiere-annie-moses-band/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the new video for "Psalm of Life" from genre-blending string band The Annie Moses Band. - [Pitchmen for Piety: Disneyland and the Invention of Christian America](https://www.utne.com/politics/disneyland-invention-of-christian-america-ze0z1507zken/) - Most Americans assume that our country has been a Christian one since the Founding Fathers, but Kevin M. Kruse reveals the idea of a “Christian America” is an invention of our own time. - [Saved by the Sea](https://www.utne.com/environment/saved-by-the-sea-ze0z1507zken/) - Journalist, diver and conservation activist David Helvarg reflects on a lifelong appreciation of all things oceanic. - [In My Element: Amazon Ayahuasca Adventure](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/amazon-ayahuasca-adventure/) - Photographer Tracey Eller documents her experience with ayahuasca in the Amazon through a photo essay. - [Temper-Temper, Temp](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/temper-temper-temp-zbhz1506zcwil/) - Tim White advises a woman on how to deal with an office rivalry that has escalated to physical threats. - [How Little Free Libraries Came to Be](https://www.utne.com/community/little-free-libraries-ze0z1506zdeh/) - For Todd Bol, the creator of the first Little Free Library, inspiration was triggered by misfortune and a little bit of self-discovery. - [Video Premiere: Hayward Williams - "Under Control"](https://www.utne.com/arts/hayward-williams-under-control/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the video for "Under Control" by singer-songwriter Hayward Williams, which is from his new album 'The Reef.' - [Containerization and the Creation of the Modern World](https://www.utne.com/economy/containerization-ze0z1506zcwil/) - When the contents of a grounded container ship wash ashore in Cornwall, a discussion ensues about the effect of containerization on modern life. - [Wear a Personal Flotation Device](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/wear-a-personal-flotation-device-ze0z1506zken/) - Small town obituary writer Heather Lende shares unique perspectives gleaned from peering retrospectively into so many lives. - [Wendell Berry on Ideas over Ideology](https://www.utne.com/politics/wendell-berry-zm0z15uzsau/) - The farmer-novelist Wendell Berry discusses politics, faith, land, and economy. - [The Other Americans: Poverty in the United States](https://www.utne.com/media/poverty-in-the-united-states-zm0z15uzsau/) - Instead of pitying the poor, we should feel a sense of kinship that leads to empathy. - [Who Cares? American Hardcore Punk Hits Middle Age](https://www.utne.com/arts/american-hardcore-punk-zm0z15uzsau/) - A snapshot of a sublimely stagnant subculture by a roadie on a West Coast tour. - [The Long Shadow of the CIA at Guantánamo](https://www.utne.com/politics/guantanamo-bay-zm0z15uzsau/) - Dissecting the U.S. government’s justification for indefinite detention. - [The Floors of the Met](https://www.utne.com/arts/the-met-zm0z15uzsau/) - A memorable lesson in art appreciation. - [Taming the Wilderness](https://www.utne.com/environment/the-wilderness-act-zm0z15uzsau/) - To save wilderness, we may need to learn how to just leave it alone. - [Keeping Wild Caves Secret](https://www.utne.com/environment/wild-caves-zm0z15uzsau/) - Cave lovers worry that sharing their passion just might kill it. - [Space Debris in the 21st Century](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/space-debris-zm0z15uzsau/) - From dangerous debris to celestial mining, the challenges humans bring to space. - [Me and Mama Ayahuasca](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/mama-ayahuasca-zm0z15uzsau/) - Journeying into the cosmic sisterhood of the sacred vine. - [In Defense of Causing Offense](https://www.utne.com/arts/in-defense-of-causing-offense-zm0z15uzsau/) - The writer who is loved by all neglects literature’s prime responsibility: to offend. - [Growth Versus Equality](https://www.utne.com/economy/growth-versus-equality-zm0z15uzsau/) - There’s a difficult trade-off between equality and the growth that comes from successful innovation, but one doesn’t have to overwhelm the other. - [Corporate Personhood: Why It’s a Good Thing](https://www.utne.com/politics/corporate-personhood-zm0z15uzsau/) - Citizens United was a bad decision, but the cry of “Corporations are not people!” isn’t helping fix the problem — in fact, it’s making it worse. - [Be Afraid: A Review of "@War"](https://www.utne.com/politics/at-war-zm0z15uzsau/) - @War charts the nefarious union of Big Data and Big Surveillance. - [Artificial Scarcity](https://www.utne.com/economy/artificial-scarcity-zm0z15uzsau/) - Without any real sacrifice, we could live in a world of abundance. - [Zoe Helene on Cosmic Sister, Psychedelics, and Feminism](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/zoe-helene-and-cosmic-sister/) - Empowering the voices of women in the psychedelic renaissance. - [Destroying What Remains](https://www.utne.com/politics/destroying-whats-left-zbtz1506zcwil/) - How the U.S. Navy Plans to War Game the Arctic. - [The First Domesticated Dogs](https://www.utne.com/community/first-domesticated-dogs-ze0z1506zcwil/) - Tame canids appear throughout human history—but we still have only a vague idea of when the first domesticated dogs became distinct from wolves. - [Many Alarm Clocks: A Workaholic Reflects on Deadlines, Balance and the Afterlife](https://www.utne.com/media/many-alarm-clocks-ze0z1506zken/) - The founder and editor of “The Sun,” Sy Safransky, ruminates on love and loss, faith and doubt, writing and not writing. - [Faith Healing and Modern Medicine](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/faith-healing-ze0z1505zcwil/) - Thousands of Americans choose faith healings over medical intervention every day, for themselves and for their children. When does a country that prides itself on freedom of religion declare that public health trumps personal belief? - [Currently Closeted](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/currently-closeted-zbhz1505zcwil/) - Tim White advises a young woman preparing to come out, and provides resources for LGBT children coming out to family. - [Song Premiere: Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen - "Dreaming on the Road"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-ted-drozdowski-scissormen-dreaming-on-the-road/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere "Dreaming on the Road" by psychedelic blues innovators Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen off their new album 'Love and Life.' - [Water Feel: The Big Swim](https://www.utne.com/environment/the-big-swim-ze0z1505zken/) - Author Carrie Saxifrage writes of the physical triumph of a long distance trek in her environmental memoir “The Big Swim.” - [Educational Benefits of a School Garden](https://www.utne.com/community/school-garden-benefits-ze0z1505zdeh/) - What taking the classroom outdoors and into a school garden can do for students. - [Don’t Blame the Devil: St Augustine and Original Sin](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/st-augustine-and-original-sin-ze0z1505zken/) - St Augustine of Hippo was a prolific contributor to the formation of modern Christianity, particularly through the concept of Original Sin. The philosophy of human nature this idea implies continues to inform contemporary morality. - [The Importance of Play](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/the-importance-of-play-ze0z1505zcwil/) - It can be easy to forget the importance of play as an adult, but taking time to do something you find enjoyable is essential for your well-being. - [Everyone on the Raft is Imperiled: A Call for Cooperative Adaptation](https://www.utne.com/community/a-call-for-cooperative-adaptation-ze0z1505zken/) - 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. - [Song Premiere: Bhi Bhiman - "Bread and Butter"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-bhi-bhiman-bread-and-butter/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere "Bread and Butter" by folk rocker Bhi Bhiman from his new album 'Rhythm and Reason', available May 19. - [Comparisons Are For Prices](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/comparisons-are-for-prices-zbtz1504zcwil/) - Tim White reminds an artist struggling with his self-esteem that each of us has unique talents, and suggests using mindfulness and meditation to quiet his sense of inadequacy. - [Deportation Court: The Real Effects of Operation Streamline](https://www.utne.com/community/deportation-court-the-real-effects-of-operation-streamline-ze0z1504zken/) - 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. - [Hunting Glass Eels in Normandy](https://www.utne.com/food/glass-eels-ze0z1504zcwil/) - Childhood fishing exploits in the moat of a French castle lead to midnight forays hunting glass eels. - [The Environmental Movement’s Middle Ground](https://www.utne.com/environment/environmental-movements-middle-ground-ze0z1504zdeh/) - Finding common ground in the current environmental movement among differing cultural and political beliefs is not so simple. - [Unhappy 4/20](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/unhappy-420-zbhz1504zcwil/) - Tim White suggests that a man with an ethical question about a birthday present of illegal drugs take a chill pill and return the illicit gift. - [The Renewable Revolution](https://www.utne.com/economy/the-renewable-revolution-zbtz1504zcwil/) - Four reasons why the transition from fossil fuels to a green energy era is gaining traction. - [The Cost of Being Tough on Crime](https://www.utne.com/community/tough-on-crime-ze0z1504zcwil/) - 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. - [Return to Nature for Spiritual Restoration](https://www.utne.com/environment/return-to-nature-ze0z1504zcwil/) - Spending time in the natural world recharges us on a primal level, and you don't have to take a special trip to return to nature. Parks, green spaces and even vacant lots are all sources of direct contact with the earth. - [Self-Segregation on College Campuses](https://www.utne.com/community/self-segregation-on-college-campuses-ze0z1504zdeh/) - College students from different backgrounds tend to self-segregate into separate racial environments. One professor attempts to help his students examine and cross this type of interpersonal behavior. - [Smoking Gun](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/smoking-gun-zbhz1504zcwil/) - Tim White advises a woman to draw the line for second chances when her boyfriend flirts with probation violation. - [The Existence of 'God' Creates Human Meaning](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/existence-of-god-creates-human-meaning-ze0z1504zdeh/) - Why humans created the emerging God and how the concept of a higher power has brought meaning into human life. - [Cultural Creatives: The Awakening of Humanity](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/cultural-creatives-awakening-of-humanity-ze0z1504zdeh/) - How new worldviews emerge and social change occurs, and how a new awakening is beginning from the ground up. - [Lockup Taken Lightly](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/peace-of-mind-zbhz1504zcwil/) - Tim White encourages a woman to make her boundaries clear to her fiancée, for her own peace of mind. - [Song Premiere: Beken - "Kote'w Te Ye"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-beken-kote-w-te-ye/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere "Kote'w Te Ye" by Haitian songwriter Beken from his new album Troubadour, available May 4. - [Protecting Biodiversity in the Gombe National Park](https://www.utne.com/environment/protecting-biodiversity-ze0z1504zcwil/) - Protecting biodiversity is a matter of developing healthy relationships between people and the environments they live in. - [What America's Most Walkable Suburb Can Teach Towns Everywhere](https://www.utne.com/community/walkable-suburb-zbsz1504zcwil/) - Arlington, Virginia shows how feet on the street helps a community thrive. - [The Tell Tale Toddler](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/marriage-infidelity-zbhz1504zcwil/) - Tim White shares his insight on marriage infidelity with a student questioning her affair with a married woman. - [Discovering Granada: Moving and Buying a House in Spain](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/buying-a-house-in-spain-ze0z1503zdeh/) - A couple travels to Granada, Spain, in search for a new home and a new city to live in. - [First to Scorch the Earth: Sherman’s March and American Military Ethics](https://www.utne.com/politics/first-to-scorch-the-earth-shermans-march-and-american-military-ethics-ze0z1503zken/) - Sherman’s march during the American Civil War represented a critical break with wartime convention, one that would have a lasting effect on strategic military doctrine. - [The Hydraulic System: The ‘Vascular System’ of Plants](https://www.utne.com/environment/hydraulic-system-in-plants-ze0z1503zdeh/) - A plant’s hydraulic system is comparable to a human’s vascular system. Not only that, but plants also possess other similarities to other living species on Earth. - [Walking Across America: The Forgotten Feats of Edward Payson Weston](https://www.utne.com/community/walking-across-america-ze0z1503zken/) - Edward Payson Weston, professional pedestrian and celebrity in his time, left Manhattan on his seventieth birthday to walk across America. - [Celebrating the Missing Pieces](https://www.utne.com/arts/the-missing-pieces-ze0z1503zcwil/) - Henri Lefebvre draws attention to the missing pieces of destroyed, lost or incomplete works of art. - [Using Communication Technologies Mindfully](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/communication-technologies-ze0z1503zcwil/) - A burgeoning collection of communication technologies is often blamed for decreased empathy and attention spans. What if the problem lies not with the technology, but with the attitude of the user? - [Getting a Glimpse of Life on Death Row](https://www.utne.com/politics/life-on-death-row-ze0z1503zdeh/) - An Italian journalist evaluates life on death row and the American penal system as an outsider. - [The Politics of Extinction](https://www.utne.com/environment/illegal-wildlife-trade-zbtz1503zcwil/) - An introduction to the most beautiful animal you’ll never see. - [Spring 2015 Utne Reader Table of Contents](https://www.utne.com/archives/table-of-contents-spring-2015/) - Table of Contents: Spring 2015 - [Urban Renewal](https://www.utne.com/community/urban-renewal-zm0z15szsau/) - An excerpt from the March issue of Utne Digital - [The Portals to Conscious Elderhood](https://www.utne.com/community/conscious-elderhood-zm0z15szsau/) - Understanding life transitions and the importance of rites of passage. - [Pushing Farming Beyond Organic](https://www.utne.com/environment/beyond-organic-zm0z15szsau/) - A closer look at revolutionary ideas that will shape the future of farming. - [The Negative Effects of Online Reading](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/negative-effects-of-online-reading-zm0z15szsau/) - We can do a lot of things online, but remembering what we read isn’t one of them. - [Living Beauty](https://www.utne.com/environment/living-beauty-zm0z15szsau/) - Recognizing beauty as much more than “skin deep” or “in the eye of the beholder.” - [The Benefits of Being Home Grown](https://www.utne.com/community/benefits-of-being-home-grown-zm0z15szsau/) - Parenting off the beaten path and unschooling to keep kids connected with nature. - [The New Farmers](https://www.utne.com/community/the-new-farmers-zm0z15szsau/) - Meet the new farmers of American agriculture. - [Fade to White: Asian American Assimilation](https://www.utne.com/community/asian-american-assimilation-zm0z15szsau/) - As a “model minority,” Asian Americans have noticed they’re on the fast track to assimilation, which prompts some to ask: Are they becoming white? - [Limiting Screen Time for Kids in a Digital World](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/limiting-screen-time-for-kids-zm0z15szsau/) - One parent’s struggle to maintain a technological balance in her household. - [Hunger](https://www.utne.com/community/hunger-anwar-accawi-zm0z15szsau/) - Finding solace in the simplest of things. - [Exploring Nature Through Open-World Video Games](https://www.utne.com/environment/open-world-games-zm0z15szsau/) - The artful construction of the simulated environments in open-world video games can offer experiences that are not feasible with traditional media or even direct contact with nature. - [In Any Light, By Any Name](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/in-any-light-by-any-name-zm0z15szsau/) - As a father looks to the stars for meaning, a daughter just wants him to be her dad. - [A Prickly Proposition](https://www.utne.com/environment/prickly-position-zm0z15szsau/) - Can an overlooked succulent help salvage toxic soils? - [Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/computer-simulation-zm0z15szsau/) - We may be living within an “ancestor simulation” being conducted by our future descendants. - [Birding Attracts Young Enthusiasts](https://www.utne.com/community/birding-attracts-young-enthusiasts-zm0z15szsau/) - Why a new generation is flocking to the old hobby of birding. - [Recycling a Big Box: From Abandoned Walmart to Award-Winning Public Library](https://www.utne.com/environment/recycling-a-big-box-from-abandoned-walmart-to-award-winning-public-library/) - When big box stores abandon large lots of commercial real estate, a door opens for innovators to turn the empty space into a public good. The McAllen Main Library in McAllen, Texas is a prime example of the hidden opportunity for communities littered with superstore skeletons. - [Big Oil's Broken Business Model](https://www.utne.com/economy/big-oil-zbtz1503zcwil/) - The real story behind the oil price collapse - [Restoring Communities: Revisiting the Concept of Land Ownership](https://www.utne.com/economy/land-ownership-ze0z1503zken/) - Current models of land ownership have widespread implications for the ecological and economic health of communities. The concept of leasehold ownership is a promising adjustment to property rights philosophy, aiming to keep wealth and prosperity from leaving the communities in which they originate. - [Song Premiere: Timbre - "Song of the Sun"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-timbre-song-of-the-sun/) - Utne Reader is pleased to premiere "Song of the Sun" by songwriter and composer Timbre from her new album, 'Sun & Moon.' - [Loving From a Distance](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/loving-from-a-distance-zbhz1503zcwil/) - Tim White suggests that when loving family members becomes toxic, it may be time to try loving from a distance. - [Maraschino Man: The Odd and Unfortunate Story of Arthur Mondella](https://www.utne.com/environment/Environment-Maraschino-Man-The-Odd-and-Unfortunate-Story-of-Arthur-Mondella/) - Two stories brought national attention to Dell’s Maraschino Cherry Factory; one about bees and corn syrup, one about drugs and suicide. - [Tundra Fires and Melting Sea Ice](https://www.utne.com/environment/tundra-fire-ze0z1503zcwil/) - Devastating tundra fires, melting sea ice and polar animal migrations are shaping the arctic into a very new landscape with a profound impact on a host of global issues. - [To Drill or Not To Drill?](https://www.utne.com/environment/to-drill-or-not-to-drill-zbtz1503zcwil/) - The Obama Administration, Shell, and the Fate of the Arctic Ocean - [Video Premiere: Lowland Hum - "Four Sisters: Part 3"](https://www.utne.com/arts/video-premiere-lowland-hum-four-sisters-part-three/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the video of Lowland Hum's "Four Sisters, Part 3" from their 'Four Sisters EP.' - [They Put the Grrr in Ingrate](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/knick-knack-ingrate-zbhz1503zcwil/) - A minimalist woman is bothered by her sister-in-law's well-meaning gifts; Tim White offers advice on how to deal with the unwanted knick-knacks. - [Meditating on a More Meaningful Life](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/meditating-on-more-meaningful-life/) - How daily breathing awareness is changing my life. - [Utne Q&A with John Donvan of Intelligence Squared](https://www.utne.com/politics/Utne-q-and-a-john-donvan-intelligence-squared-zbtz1502zsau/) - John Donvan, moderator of the Intelligence Squared debates, speaks with Utne Reader before the series' 100th debate. - [American Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Songs of Ourselves](https://www.utne.com/politics/american-poetry-walt-whitman-ze0z1502zdeh/) - How one American man’s poetry affected the future of his country. - [Oops Upside the House!](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/consulting-arborist-zbhz1502zcwil/) - Tim White enlists a consulting arborist to advise a man who believes he may have caused his neighbor's tree to fall and damage their garage. - [Taking a Closer Look at the Local Food Supply Chain](https://www.utne.com/food/local-food-supply-chain-ze0z1502zcwil/) - The rapidly growing local food movement promises a range of public health benefits, such as lower carbon emissions and stronger local economies—but can local food supply chains actually generate these benefits? - [War Porn](https://www.utne.com/politics/war-porn-zbtz1502zcwil/) - Hollywood and War from World War II to "American Sniper" - [Can Shrimp Shells Cure the Global Plastic Addiction?](https://www.utne.com/environment/Can-Shrimp-Shells-Cure-the-Global-Plastic-Addiction/) - As plastic production rises, so does the need for its biodegradable replacement. - [Reunited and It Feels Like Hell](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/high-school-reunion-zbhz1502zcwil/) - Tim White offers advice on whether attending a high school reunion is a confidence-builder or an unnecessary source of anxiety. - [Uprising of ISIS: How the Jihadist Group Became a Household Name](https://www.utne.com/politics/uprising-of-isis-ze0z1502zcalt/) - The recent uprising of ISIS can be attributed to its focus on fear propaganda and implementation of technology to both recruit members and disperse threats to the public. - [Techno-Optimism: The World's Transformation Since the Industrial Revolution](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/techno-optimism-ze0z1502zdeh/) - When technology arrived in the 1700s, the shape of the world changed dramatically. A feeling of techno-optimism began to grow and has continued to grow since then in the form of new technologies. But is it about to go too far? - [Invisibilia Podcast: The Woman Who Feels Everything](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/Invisibilia-Podcast-The-Woman-Who-Feels-Everything/) - A new NPR podcast looks at life with Mirror Touch Synesthesia. - [On Being Podcast: Gordon Hempton on Sound, Silence, and Sense of Place](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/On-Being-Podcast-Gordon-Hempton-on-Sound-Silence-and-Sense-of-Place/) - "We're all born listeners." - [Encouraging Dinner Conversation](https://www.utne.com/community/dinner-conversation-ze0z1502zhur/) - Psychology professor and mother Anne K. Fishel offers suggestions on how to overcome dinner conversation challenges with your kids. - [Becoming 'Indigenous': German Fascination with North American Indians](https://www.utne.com/community/north-american-indians-ze0z1502zhur/) - Examining why German hobbyists study and even try to emulate North American Indians through scholarly essays. - [Student Achievement and the American Education System](https://www.utne.com/community/student-achievement-in-america-ze0z1502zdeh/) - As schools continue to measure student achievement by measuring marketable skills for monetary success, they have let some activities that lead to healthful child development fall to the wayside. - [A Nurse’s Case for Secular Morality](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/secular-morality-ze0z1502zcalt/) - One man finds secular morality in the longstanding Golden Rule, which he argues prevailed long before we decided that it came from a God, drawing from an evolutionary necessity. - [Paper Mooning](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/paper-mooning-zbhz1502zhur/) - Tim White advises a college student who's questioning her ethical standards after considering plagiarism. - [The Personal Cost of Computer Technologies](https://www.utne.com/media/cost-of-computer-technologies-ze0z1502zdeh/) - Engaging with the vast amount of computer technologies has cost humans their attention spans, free-time and, in some cases, relationships. - [The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap](https://www.utne.com/politics/the-lone-wolf-terror-trap-zbtz1502zhur/) - Why the cure for lone-wolf terrorists will be worse than the disease. - [Perfect Imperfection](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/perfect-imperfection-ze0z1502znut/) - The human capacity to imagine perfection sets you up for a losing battle. Sarah Gorham’s “Study in Perfect” offers a creative and emotionally poignant glimpse into the illusive promise of perfection, and the humanizing (and more likely) results of imperfection. - [Devastated Families: Life Without Incarcerated Parents](https://www.utne.com/community/incarcerated-parents-ze0z1502zhur/) - How the family of an incarcerated parent had to endure stigma from friends and the community and plunged deeper into financial despair. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Science & Tech](https://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/utne-reader-bookshelf-science-and-tech-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Mind & Body](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/utne-reader-bookshelf-mind-and-body-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Politics](https://www.utne.com/politics/utne-reader-bookshelf-politics-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Environment](https://www.utne.com/environment/utne-reader-bookshelf-environment-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf](https://www.utne.com/media/utne-reader-bookshelf-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Media](https://www.utne.com/media/utne-reader-bookshelf-media-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Food](https://www.utne.com/food/utne-reader-bookshelf-food-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Community](https://www.utne.com/community/utne-reader-bookshelf-community-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Arts](https://www.utne.com/arts/utne-reader-bookshelf-arts-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Utne Reader Bookshelf: Economy](https://www.utne.com/economy/utne-reader-bookshelf-economy-zl0z1501zsau/) - A selection of books that pique our interest. - [Album Preview: Kristin Andreassen - 'Gondolier'](https://www.utne.com/arts/album-preview-kristin-andreassen-gondolier/) - Utne Reader is proud to offer a preview of 'Gondolier,' the new album by singer-songwriter Kristin Andreassen. - [Too Close for Kissing](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/too-close-for-kissing-zbhz1502zhur/) - Tim White shares his advice with a woman who’s uncomfortable with the type of physical affection common in her boyfriend’s family. - [Film Review: Design is One](https://www.utne.com/arts/Film-Review-Design-is-One/) - A look at Lella and Massimo Vignelli - modern design's favorite power couple. - [Carbon-Free Commute in the Sky: Can London Finally be Safe for Cyclists?](https://www.utne.com/community/) - The concept of a bicycle-only expressway sounds like a cyclist’s futuristic daydream, but a team in London hopes to make a real-life network of elevated bike paths in a city notorious for dangerous cycling conditions. - [Latino Populations and Crime in America](https://www.utne.com/community/latino-populations-ze0z1501zdeh/) - These statistics provide a look at how crime affects Latino populations in the United States. - [More and War](https://www.utne.com/politics/more-and-war-zbtz1501zhur/) - The Tao of Washington: The unwillingness of our government to explore new options in the 21st century. - [Song Premiere: Yabby You - "Dread Prophecy"](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-yabby-you-dread-prophecy/) - Utne Reader premieres a two-song sampler for Yabby You's "Dread Prophecy," a 3-disc box set celebrating the influential music of a reggae outsider. - [The Kill Box: A Temporary Zone of Slaughter](https://www.utne.com/politics/kill-box-ze0z1501zhur/) - How kill boxes and drone technology are changing the world into a giant hunting ground with no borders or escape. - [Go Fix Yourself!](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/go-fix-yourself-zbhz1501zhur/) - Tim White shares his brutally honest opinion with a disappointed dad who’s ashamed of his openly gay son. - [The Environmental Repercussions of Pesticides on Food](https://www.utne.com/environment/pesticides-on-food-ze0z1501zcwil/) - Bioaccumulation of pesticides on food can lead to a much higher concentration of toxins in the environment than is originally intended, with disastrous consequences. - [Living Slowly in the World’s Fastest City](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/living-slowly-ze0z1501zhur/) - One couple’s quest to live slowly and mindfully in Manhattan begins by moving into a tiny 12 x 12 apartment. - [Letter to a Young Army Ranger (from an Old One)](https://www.utne.com/politics/letter-young-army-ranger-zbtz1501zhur/) - Why the Global War on Terror shouldn’t be your battle. - [The Cuckolded Clothier](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/cuckholded-clothier-zbhz1501zhur/) - Tim White advises a wife whose sex life has taken a dive because her husband is aroused by used men’s clothing. - [The Real Path Through History: An Arrow of Progress](https://www.utne.com/environment/path-through-history-ze0z1501zdeh/) - Although civilization-building computer games can be an informative way for young people to learn the famous leaders of history, they forget the most important thing about carving a path through history: true consequence. - [Celebrating Guitar Virtuoso Sharon Isbin](https://www.utne.com/arts/celebrating-guitar-virtuoso-sharon-isbin/) - PBS documentary and 5-CD box set celebrate the career thus far of classic guitar virtuoso Sharon Isbin. - [Finding a Dream’s Meaning](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/finding-a-dreams-meaning-ze0z1501zcalt/) - An animal communicator reveals her first remembered dream and analyzes the symbolism. - [Is Ayahuasca Right for You?](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/is-ayahuasca-right-for-you/) - Reviewing "The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook," Chris Kilham’s backpack guide to the healing powers of the sacred Amazonian plant brew. - [Solutions for a More Walkable America](https://www.utne.com/community/walking-movement-zbsz1501zhur/) - The walking movement is gaining steam as organizations spread the word about the positive benefits of being on our feet. - [Carbon Counterattack](https://www.utne.com/environment/carbon-based-fuels-zbtz1501zhur/) - How Big Oil is responding to the anti-carbon movement with the purported benefits of carbon-based fuels and visions of a better world. - [Inky What?](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/body-modification-zbhz1501zhur/) - Tim White shares his wisdom with a girl who’s unsure how to feel about her sister’s boyfriend and his body modifications. - [Song Premiere: Chadwick Stokes - Mother Maple](https://www.utne.com/arts/song-premiere-chadwick-stokes-mother-maple/) - Utne Reader is proud to premiere the song "Mother Maple" by singer-songwriter Chadwick Stokes. - [The Need for Increased Press Subsidies](https://www.utne.com/media/press-subsidies-ze0z1501zhur/) - U.S. press subsidies have greatly diminished in the past century as more democratic nations continue to fund free press at a much higher per capita rate. - [Everything’s Coming Together While Everything Falls Apart](https://www.utne.com/environment/changing-climate-zbtz1412zhur/) - Encouraging news about clean energy and climate activism rises but does so in the shadow of dire scientific evidence about our environment. - [Same Auld Lang Syne, Please](https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/same-auld-lang-syne-please-zbhz1412zhur/) - Tim White advises a soon-to-be engaged woman who wants to keep New Year’s Eve and her boyfriend’s proposal simple. - 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