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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...

African exodus to Europe reaches 100,000 migrants in 2014

Author: Rourke Healey The number of Africans migrating to Europe this year by boat has already passed 100,000. This number eclipses the past record for migrants...

Recognizing and Appreciating Millenial Black Feminism

Author: Chance Ward When you hear “feminist” who do you think of? Elizabeth Cady Stanton? Alice Paul? Susan B. Anthony? Do you ever think about Bell...

Perfect Loveliness of Sow

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller "The Great Chipotle Carnitas Famine of 2015 May Soon End" read a January eater.com headline. Unfortunately, as most Chipotle-lovers know, the great carnitas...

Lamb of God

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller The dates of Passover and Easter often coincide, causing the U.S. media to utter the messages of “new beginnings” and “spring-time” that are...

Demystifying the Giant Magnet We Call Home

Author: Melina Devoney A basement hallway of the Norris Chemistry Building is lined with peculiar caution signs about Occidental’s multi-million dollar nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The...

Turbulent Markets

Author: William Pottenger I believe there are three notable aspects of the global economy at the moment: emerging markets, the anxiety leading up to the United...

Episode 4: Blurry Lines Between the Impossible, Improbable and Impermissible

Author: Melina Devoney Why do some kids blindly accept that an obese old man can easily slide down their chimney, but refuse to believe that they...

Johnny Football: Icarus 2.0

Author: Devon Deraad The story of Icarus flying too close to the sun and melting his wings, only to come crashing back to earth, is a...