BY: EDITORS They told us we were categorically confined to traits that we inherited, had us check off boxes in census surveys, as if what we were could be contained inside a pie graph. They told us we were separated…
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This map of free food around the globe will help you harvest your local landscape
BY: CAROLINE ROLF There used to be a crabapple tree growing in the back yard of my family home. Every year when the apples would fall to the frosted grass below, squirrels would come running for this bountiful feast. What…
A look into the hippie caves of Matala that Joni Mitchell called home
BY: JESSICA BEUKER There is a fishing village on the island of Crete, Greece dotted with manmade caves carved into the sandstone cliff. The village is known as Matala and, in the 1960s and ’70s, it was a community for…
VICE is stepping up their game in the maple-syrup heartland of counterculture
BY: EDITORS There comes a time when you need to hang up your leather jacket and Converse lest you become that middle-aged youth-parasite crashing college freshman house parties. And while some publications have lamented the death of VICE’s brand of…
John Baird promoted mining giant’s interests while in office, and now he’s working for them
BY: MITCHELL THOMPSON Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird accepting a job at Barrick Gold—the world’s largest gold mining company that lobbied him several times while he was in office—raises questions as to whether this is a part of…
Incredible female photographer approaches men who catcall her and takes their portrait
Photography: HANNAH PRICE Writing: CONNOR BRIAN Moving from the white picket fences of suburban Colorado to the constant flow of verbal harassment on the streets of Philadelphia was no easy transition, but instead of keeping her head down and briskly…
China is building a Great Green Wall of trees to stop desertification
BY: DAVID LAO The Gobi Desert, a sparse, desolate and barren region inhabiting the middle-northern border between China and Mongolia. A vast canvas of cascading sand dunes and wide expanses of dry heat waves, shimmering through are works of natural…
Freedom or Death in the Granite State: Clinton is trying to guilt feminists into voting for her
M. TOMOSKI On the morning of the New Hampshire primary, rumours were circulating that Bill Clinton had been angry about the way the campaign was being run. That poorly timed leak led everyone in the media to believe that someone…
Millennials are using their spending power to force Wall Street to become sustainable or die
BY: TYLER FYFE This generation is twice as likely to buy from companies who choose to positively impact society than from companies whose spines develop scoliosis as they bow to The Dollar. According to two separate studies, Millennials are more…
Freedom or Death in The Granite State: Youth voters are tattooing themselves with Bernie’s face
BY: M. TOMOSKI The alarm began to chime and rattle against the end table on the morning after Super Bowl 50 with the thin light of dawn peeking through my hotel room window. “Where the hell am I?” I thought.…
$20,000 dream homes are being built in this Georgia town where 70% of public land is edible
BY: ALEX BROWN One summer weekend in 1991, Steve and Marie Nygren took their children to the Georgia woods on the outskirts of Atlanta, a broad growth of mossy poplars and cedar stretching through the fat stink of red soil…
Grandma Graffiti Gangs are tearing up the streets of Portugal (Photos)
BY: EDITORS Forget hard candy or plastic covered furniture, these grandmas are far from your typical Bingo Bitches. LATA 65 is an urban art project that takes senior citizens to the back alleys of Lisbon, Portugal and puts spray paint…
Strange Days in Corn Country: The Clinton Coin-toss shows the immaturity of the political race
BY: M. TOMOSKI It was four in the morning, and I was somewhere in Illinois by the time the Democratic caucus results finally came in from Iowa. The entire night seemed to be a symptom of the chaotic enthusiasm each…
The world’s most isolated island paradise wants to pay you to live there
BY: JESSICA BEUKER For some, working and interacting with others in a social hub of activity and ideas is the greatest part of any job. But for others, even the thought of interacting with anyone other than their cat is…
Strange Days in Corn Country: Sunday Service with the Cult of Cruz
M. TOMOSKI A campaign organizer took the altar on Sunday afternoon to announce that anyone who parked at the shops across the street would have their vehicle towed. “Someone’s not a fan of Ted,” a member of the congregation said.…
Strange Days in Corn Country: Why Trump supporters are torn between shame and obssession
M. TOMOSKI The Trump Show After seven hours on the road, I crossed the Mississippi into Davenport tired, thirsty and with no notion of what to expect ahead of the official start of the 2016 Presidential Election. It all came…
Hippies, artists and pirates- a peek inside to the oceanside tribe of Sausalito
BY: JESSICA BEUKER For more than half a century Richardson Bay, just north of Sausalito, California, has been inhabited by hippies, artists and self-proclaimed pirates. This unique group of characters lives off-grid in a collection of houseboats – the last…
Turns out you can boost your mood and creativity by literally hugging a tree
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Remember your elementary school French teacher who wore flowing skirts and ate only granola? Whenever you hear the term “tree-hugger,” you often associate the nickname with left-wing extremists or a slandered hippy practice. Contrary to our notions,…
This revolutionary company is sparing animals while letting you eat all the meat you want
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Just as the car industry abolished the horse and buggy with a motor, this company plans to put a stop to the meat industry… with meat. When it comes to making decisions, society is quick to choose…
Compost Pedallers is a recycling startup powered by fat, not fossil fuel
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Dustin Fedako was amazed when backpacking brought him through Holland. Never had he seen biking so engrained in a society. “It made me question why it can’t be like this everywhere.” Shortly after arriving home, Fedako was…