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Summer 2016 Utne Reader Table of Contents
Staff
What Keeps Us from Showing Self-Compassion?
By Kristin Neff, From Psychotherapy Networker
Hunting Glass Eels in Normandy
By Guy De La ValdÈNe
Coping with Climate Change
By Jessica Cohen, Special To Utne Reader
A Physicist’s Perspective of Early Atomic Research
By Dan Zak
The Environmental Repercussions of Pesticides on Food
By Marie-Monique Robin
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What Keeps Us from Showing Self-Compassion?
By Kristin Neff, From Psychotherapy Networker
Hunting Glass Eels in Normandy
Childhood fishing exploits in the moat of a French castle lead to midnight forays hunting glass eels.
Coping with Climate Change
New documentary embraces hope, defiance, and humor in face of global crisis.
A Physicist’s Perspective of Early Atomic Research
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.
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Burning the Shelter
A simple fire reveals the beginnings of our environmental crisis...
Surviving a Crocodile Attack
A near-death experience can reveal the truth about nature in an instant. But putting that insight into words can take years....
To My One Love
Lagos in June is steamy. But that Thursday afternoon at the Champion newspaper office, I did not notice how the air was like a hot, moist blanket. I swaggered and smiled, too full of accomplishment.
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The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Burning the Shelter
By Louis Owens, From Colors Of Nature
Surviving a Crocodile Attack
By Val Plumwood, From The Book The Ultimate Journey
To My One Love
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, From Granta
Arts
Bookmarked: The Trials of Teaching for America, Nursing Home Survival Guide, and the Founding Fathers on Presidential Power
This week in Bookmarked: Teaching in the Terrordome, Live a Good Life in a Nursing Home, and Mr. President.
My Welfare Mom, Our Food Stamps and My Jewish Identity
Having grown up living on welfare with an alcoholic mother in a nonreligious household, Andrea Kott struggles with her Jewish identity.
A World Ever at Its End
Living amid the destruction of everything we knew
Finalists for the 2014 National Book Award Announced
Here are the contenders on the short list for the 2014 National Book Award.
Community
Horns in the Hollows
Remembering how to temper a bad attitude in a rust-belt steel town.
How to Get Ready for the Global Eco-Village Movement
Ten steps to building truly sustainable communities.
The Inequality Debate We Should Be Having
While poverty and division intensify in American cities, presidential candidates refuse to talk seriously about inequality and race.
Bike Breakthrough: Connecting Neighborhoods with Low-Stress Routes
Cities expand stand-alone bike lanes into full networks everyday people actually like to use.
Mind And Body
Oh, the Horror!
Tim White advises a father on his Halloween festivities, which frighten his young child.
Into the Rafters
Reflections on a football dream cut short.
The Witness
Opening our eyes to the nature of this earth.
Sharing I Love Yous in the Streets of Vietnam
In bustling Hanoi, an activist finds connection in the chaos.
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