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The Past, Present & Future Of Poop
By Jenny Morber/Undark
In Osaka, Japan, in the early 1700s, neighboring villages fought over rights to city residents' excrement.
Much of Japan's soil - sandy and poor in nutrients - produced feeble crops and supported few animals, so farmers depended on human fertilizer to grow food. And they were willing to pay for it.
Posted on December 11, 2021
A People's History Of ThanksgivingWhere Is The Gold?With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.Continue reading "A People's History Of Thanksgiving" » Posted on November 28, 2013 |
Chicago Blog Review: Fruit SlingerA welcome blast of summer-friendly food porn on a daily basis.Continue reading "Chicago Blog Review: Fruit Slinger" » Posted on August 6, 2009 |
The Past, Present & Future Of Poop
By Jenny Morber/Undark
Moving bowels is one big equalizing commonality that unites humankind regardless of ethnicity, color, religion, diet or traditions.Posted on December 11, 2021
Foxconned
By Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner
Foxconn is an especially dramatic example of the "economic development complex" of consultants, contractors and public agencies or public-private partnerships driving relocation deals where taxpayers bear the cost.Posted on November 20, 2021
Sweden Should Press China To Release Swedish Book Publisher
By Sophie Richardson/Human Rights Watch
Sweden's efforts appear tepid.Posted on October 14, 2021
The Flesh Between Us
By SIU Press
Eroticism cut from classical mythology, ritual, and intimacy.Posted on October 11, 2021
How Slavery Infiltrated California
By Kevin Waite/The Conversation
Whereas enslaved people in the South were often concentrated on large plantations, the bound laborers of the West generally worked behind closed doors or in remote mining regions.Posted on October 2, 2021
Against Ramp Meters
By Charles Marohn/Minnesota Reformer
Getting more out of existing transportation investments without needing to build any additional capacity is a level of genius that would make any engineer proud. Sadly, the professional consensus on the benefits of ramp meters is wrong.Posted on September 13, 2021
Making The World Safe For Dictatorship
By Alexander Dukalskis/The Conversation
Using publicly available filings with the U.S. Department of Justice, I counted 33 authoritarian states that collectively paid PR and public affairs firms hundreds of millions of dollars in 2018 and 2019 to manipulate their image. This is only in the U.S., only self-reported, and only overt. The scope is much wider than these numbers suggest.Posted on September 2, 2021
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