Utne Reader and Utne.com are digests of independent ideas and alternative culture. Conversations are presented about everything from the environment to the economy, politics to pop culture.

For more than 20 years, Utne has functioned as a guide to the alternative and independent press. Utne takes in 1,500 magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, and other lively dispatches from the cultural front; the sorts of cutting-edge publications you won’t find at the average bookstore or newsstand. Editors glean this material for stories, interviews, and cultural criticism, then edit and reprint the most essential. Instead of buying dozens of magazines to find a few good articles, you can read one packed with the best of the best.

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