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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...

Nice Things Podcast – Episode 6

Author: Matson Atkins|Allan Van Vliet And so begins yet another installment of The Nice Things Show with Allan Van Vliet and Mason Atkins. The show leads with...

Hong Kong Following in the Footsteps of American Protest

Author: Rourke Healey The recent uprising in Hong Kong over civil liberties and political representation stands as one of the most important social movements of this...

Empowerment: On the value of mothers and of children

Author: Eileen Lee I first learned that children were essentially pooping, crying machines from the American media, courtesy of the movie License to Wed, which even...

Innocence or Ignorance?

Author: Chance Ward Often, even among people who consider themselves socially aware, many question how early is too early to expose children to the social reality...

Breaking Barriers

Author: Tanvi Varma One of the biggest problems that I have faced growing up is figuring out who I really am. I am Indian by ethnicity,...

Do You Speak Whale?

Author: Delaney Nolin Before our arrival in Galápagos, I had one last incredible experience on the mainland of Ecuador. For the first week of my second...

HONORED, Precious, Loved: On Boaz and the heresy of friendzoned entitlement

Author: Eileen Lee Part 1: Honored “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes,...

Responsibility for the Financial Crisis

Author: William Pottenger Over winter break, I watched a lot of films, and one of my favorite was Adam McKay's "The Big Short." It told the...