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Behind Closed Doors
On the eve of International Migrants Day, Nisha Varia from Human Rights Watch joins Roger Numbers in the GOOD News studio to talk about abuses...
Read & DiscussJob Outlook Not Good
A new report from the Fiscal Policy Institute suggests that New York could lose as many as 10,000 jobs per month throughout 2009. As layoffs...
Read & DiscussClimate Change Changes Climate Change
Turns out minerals in the ice that's melting off of Antarctica stimulate photosynthesis in plankton in the water, which in turn sucks CO2 out of...
Read & DiscussMake Money, Not Bombs
At a time when it needs cash to spend on various bailouts, the United States spends tens of billions of dollars to maintain a 5,000+ weapon...
Read & DiscussCrisis in Canada! Seriously.
Canada's government has been in crisis since last week, when a coalition of the three major left parties vowed to call a confidence vote to...
Read & DiscussMake Money to Make Money
Now that we're officially in a recession, greenbacks are scarce. Why not print your own? That's what many communities are doing, though it's not...
Read & DiscussProhibit This!
Today is the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. To celebrate the repeal of what could arguably be called the silliest Constitutional...
Read & DiscussWorst Case Scenario
In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, tensions are rising between India and neighboring Pakistan. Enmity between two nuclear...
Read & DiscussMy So Cold Life
A study published in the December issue of the Journal of Biogeography reports that the polar South Orkney Island archipelago is teeming with...
Read & DiscussLike America, But Louder
It's official: the United States is in a recession, and has been for the whole of 2008, according to a report released yesterday by the National...
Read & DiscussSecret Life of Rocks
A rock that absorbs CO2? This is more science fiction, right? Not so, says Juerg Matter, a scientist from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty...
Read & DiscussThanksgiving Leftovers
Thanksgiving may be over, but your refrigerator hasn't heard. What to do with the mountains of turkey and stuffing lurking beneath all that...
Read & DiscussHappy Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. What are you thankful for?
Read & DiscussLizard Pushups
Lizards: they're just like us! So suggests a study released on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Terry Ord, a...
Read & DiscussMugabe, Friend of Cholera
An outbreak of cholera is the latest effect of Robert Mugabe's systematic destruction of Zimbabwe's infrastructure. Reports that as many as 300...
Read & DiscussHippo Rollers
Turning on the tap and watching clean water flow out is something that most of us take for granted. In many parts of the world, however, getting...
Read & DiscussThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour
You may recognize the pop stylings of GOOD News's musical guests, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, from their recent iPod Touch commercial. The Danish...
Read & DiscussSomali Pirates 101
News of the seizure of at least four ships this week by Somali pirates has some scratching their heads. Pirates? Those still exist? They may not...
Read & DiscussGrapes of Economic Wrath
Declarations of recession are pouring out of Europe and Asia, and speculations are flying that the United States isn't far behind. With the...
Read & DiscussDeconstructing Bond
It's Casual Friday at GOOD News, and Roger Numbers is joined again by film critic Daniel Holloway. This week, they watch the new James Bond...
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