I think of the children who will never know, intuitively, that a flower is a plant’s way of making love, or what silence sounds like, or that trees breathe out what we breathe in.
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Our Great Reckoning | Leath Tonino Eileen Crist On The Consequences Of Human Plunder
Readers Write on “Holidays” Chinese New Year in Philadelphia, Thanksgiving in Mexico, Passover in prison
Dark Corners | Finn Cohen Whitney Phillips On Conspiracy Theories, Social Media, And The Spread Of Misinformation
Readers Write on “Highs And Lows” Getting married, losing a child, singing in a choir
Many Voices | By Mark Leviton Cristina Beltrán On What Unites And Divides Latinos
Readers Write on “My Country” Claiming a heritage, becoming a citizen, landing in a foreign jail
The Most Dangerous Place | By Tracy Frisch & Finn Cohen Rachel Louise Snyder On The Persistent Problem Of Domestic Violence
Readers Write on “Strangers” Sharing a cab, hitching a ride, staying in a marriage
Even Money | By Finn Cohen Dietrich Vollrath On Repairing America’s Economic Inequality
Readers Write on “Work” In a strip club, in an emergency room, in a refugee camp
Not So Different After All | Mark Leviton Frans de Waal On Animal Intelligence And Emotions
Readers Write on “Boyfriends & Girlfriends” Falling for a firefighter, staying single, trusting someone with your cat
The Power Of Story | Hazel Kight Witham Jared Seide On How Listening To Each Other Can Restore Our Humanity
Readers Write on “Fear” Of failure, of the high dive, of other people
The Four Invasions | Tracy Frisch Nick Estes On Indigenous Resistance And The Vision Of A Better Future
Readers Write on “Weekends” A trip with a stranger, a roadside rescue, a missing husband
One Of Us | Mark Leviton Mark W. Moffett On The Social Behavior Of Humans And Other Animals
Readers Write on “Accidents” An unplanned pregnancy, a twisted ankle, a case of dynamite
Blind Hate | Thacher Schmid Randy Blazak On Why White Supremacy Persists
Readers Write on “Shortcuts” Along the shoreline, through a neighbor’s yard, in a back alley