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Smart’ Packaging Preserves Food and Enhances Safety Without Plastic Waste

Amy Roeder Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Alternative “smart” packaging material using biodegradable corn protein, starch, naturally derived biopolymers and nature inspired antimicrobials keeps harmful bacteria and spoilage microorganisms off food and plastic pollution out of the environment

poetry

Domino Effect

Dee Allen Oneblackboylikethat Review
Oakland California poet Dee Allen celebrates the toppling of old idols on public statues, awaiting further movement of the Domino Effect.

film

The Batman’s Privilege Problem

Joe George The Progressive
A departure from the Caped Crusader’s elitism, the latest adaptation of the DC comic addresses class disparities in Gotham.

poetry

The Spectrum

Peter Neil Carroll New Verse News
Peter N Carroll asks: What can a private citizen do when one country invades another, say Russia into Kyiv? What are the choices of intervention?

poetry

Illicit

Cynthia Atkins gargoyle, 74
Virginia-based Cynthia Atkins writes about some unexpected consequences of the world-wide brush with death.

books

Where Is the Women’s Movement?

Meredith Tax The Nation
Women’s movements are often born in periods of general political upsurge. Why isn’t that happening? Why do young feminists seem more interested in social media than in building feminist organizations?
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