“The Happiness Machine” by Ray Bradbury
To celebrate Ray Bradbury’s 90th birthday we are reprinting “The Happiness Machine,” a story that was printed in his 1957 novel Dandelion Wine. This tale of discovery follows a determined…
Is the Nicaraguan mega-canal failure good news for indigenous communities?
Indigenous Women/Daniel Ortega. Beverly Goldberg.Nicaragua has been saturating the news lately following an outburst of violence and repression as a consequence of increasing social unrest in one of the poorest…
3 things women say that weaken the power of their words.
If we're to believe the self-help aisle of every '90s bookstore, men and women talk and act so differently because we're really from two opposing planets. While that's not factually accurate,…
2013 Fiction Contest Winner: ‘Wolf’
I wasn’t exactly happy with Jim wanting to change his name to Anatoly, but I tried to roll with it. Change is good in a relationship, right? That was the…
Subverting democracy without vote-rigging
Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan. Polling officers with army soldiers,deployed to polling stations. July 26, 2018. Rana Sajid Hussain/ Press Association. All rights reserved.Democracy is in the news in a Pakistan that has held…
J.K. Rowling picked up on subtly racist Trump quip and beautifully blasted him for it.
On Monday August 20, President Trump complimented a Hispanic man, but of course, he found a way to make it racist. At a White House event billed as “Salute to…
Five in the Fifth
Jerry stuffed a tray of dirty dishes onto an overcrowded utility cart then rounded the corner to Mildred’s room. “Hi, gorgeous,” he sang cheerfully. “How’s my girl today?” Millie lifted…
Hambacher Forst, Yasuní and the fight to save the planet
Dozens of young people lived in the Hambach forest to protect it. Photo: WDR"We can either change the values of our civilization, or let the Earth go on without us."…
Obama Rips Into Trump’s Decision To Walk Away From The Iran Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, May 8, that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). It was…
How To Deal With A Boring Job
Click:prevent hairlossNo job is immune from the mundane. It may be a long early morning commute or sitting through the fifth presentation of the same material in two days. Our…
“They Grind Exceeding Small” by Ben Ames Williams
Mississippi-born and Dartmouth-educated Ben Ames Williams published 38 novels and nearly 400 short stories in his lifetime, many of the latter appearing in The Saturday Evening Post. His stories were…
#EleccionesBrasil: 5 insecurities behind the victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro
Billboard for Bolsonaro's presidential campaign. Almanaque Lusofonista & Creative Commons Attribution.The election of the extreme-right candidate Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil consolidates the wave of right-wing governments that have…