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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe

When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...

This dude I met on the street

I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...

Four Days in Jujuy

My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...

A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)

1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...

The Other Hand

Author: Lena Smith I finally learned how to say leftie in French. And it turns out none of my French professors ever got the translation exactly...

Beyond the dairy dyad: Milk offers more

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller Though ice cream sandwiches and frozen yogurt may be the newest dairy fads in the dessert world, Milk in Beverly Hills is bucking...

Nice Things Podcast – Episode 8

Author: Allan Van Vliet|Matson Atkins On this exciting episode of the The Nice Things Show, your hosts took to discussing political polarization in the United States....

Malcolm X, Colorism, And MULTI

Author: Chance Ward As many of you all know, this past week was the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. X was a Muslim minister, human...

Netanyahu: Unscrupulous and divisive campaign sparks further criticism from U.S government

Author: Joseph Evans Following a campaign epitomized by divisive rhetoric, political maneuvering and media manipulation that would have felt perfectly at home on the set of...

China’s Economy: Due for Reform

Author: William Pottenger In my opinion, China's economy is one of the most obvious explanations for recent market volatility. Like many developed and emerging economies (e.g....

Unconditional Love: Vicky Beeching, the LGBTQ community, the Christian church, and other sinful things

Author: Eileen Lee Newflash: Christian music isn’t just composed of choirs of boys with angelic voices singing hymns. On the contrary, much like secular music, Christian...

The difficulty of making connections when you speak a different language

Author: Jane Drinkard I was never the kind of girl that could connect with her camp counselor. I wasn’t the type who got swung into the...