PASSION
People with conditions like ADHD, dyslexia and mood disorders are routinely labeled "disabled". But differences among brains are as enriching—and essential—as differences among plants and animals. Welcome to the new field of neurodiversity.
PEOPLE
What’s the best way to fight poverty in the developing world? Treat people like producers and consumers, argues Bangladeshi entrepreneur Iqbal Quadir.
POSSIBILITIES
Made famous by The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Polyface Farm is the destination of choice for discerning tourists with a passion for great food—and sustainable agriculture.
As earnings, bonuses and stocks creep back to pre-crisis levels, will markets resume business as usual? A plea for a new kind of investing that blends good sense, good causes and good financial returns.
Ode’s annual pick of products that are good for the body, the mind and the planet.
COMMENTARIES
It’s easier than health-care and financial reform, and would show voters that Congress can actually do something other than bicker.
COLUMNS
Companies need to start caring as much about human health as they do about profits.
Freeing yourself from fear helps build the physical strength needed to fight disease and engage fully with life.
Two tales about the magic of music.
FOOD
Instead of scanning labels, give the kids some authentic home cooking.
ONE LAST THING...
Sweden has recently launched a pilot project to help patients suffering from chronic depression; stress; anxiety; or back, shoulder and neck pain by prescribing cultural activities. Karin Berg, project manager at Capio clinic in Helsingborg, which hosts the trials, explains.
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