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Bad News for State Employees Lining Up at Verizon
California Governor Jerry Brown strips state employees of their cellphones saving the state $20 million a year.
Read & DiscussCollege Board to Revamp AP Courses
Is it time to rethink Advanced Placement? The College Board thinks so and is doing something about it.
Read & DiscussCan City Farmers Make a Living? Activist Eli Zigas on the Challenges of Urban Agriculture
Will urban agriculture become a major part of the food system in San Francisco?
Read & DiscussHas Rupert Murdoch Ever Actually Used the Internet?
So much for freedom of the press. Rumor has it that on Rupert Murdoch's new 'The Daily' website everything will be blocked from search engines.
Read & DiscussThe Latest in Wikileaks? The Julian Assange Coloring Book
A new website features a coloring book about Julian Assange (with the occasional WikiLeaks page for good measure).
Read & DiscussArizona Orders End to Mexican-American Studies Program in Tucson
The State of Arizona has declared that Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American program is illegal.
Read & DiscussBig Win for Big Ag as GOP Drops "Organic"
The House Agriculture Committee intends to massively de-emphasize organic agriculture.
Read & DiscussThe Year of Urban Agriculture in NYC
The Greenest presents a post of every single interesting thing that happened in urban agriculture in New York in 2010.
Read & DiscussRapid Fat-Loss! Incredible Sex! Becoming Superhuman!
A new book called "The 4-Hour Body" promises rapid weight loss, great sex, and the ability to become "superhuman."
Read & DiscussHelicopter Parenting Comes in for a Landing
Helicopter parenting may be coming in for a landing as more and more parents are embracing a growing movement to restore play.
Read & DiscussA Tax Credit for Homeschooling?
Should homeschoolers get a tax break? The new Republican Congress thinks so and have made it one of their top educational priorities.
Read & DiscussUSPS to Feature Iconic Industrial Designs
New stamps featuring the work of Henry Dreyfus, Raymond Loewy and others will be released in July 2011.
Read & DiscussTo Combat Poverty, Pay the Poor
Conditional cash transfer programs are helping families get out of poverty in countries like Brazil and Mexico.
Read & DiscussHope for Green Business?
Green Biz looks back at the 10 Most Hopeful Green Business Stories of 2010.
Read & DiscussOutside the Beltway. Really Outside.
Only one new member of congress is planning to move his family to Washington, D.C. this term.
Read & DiscussGoldman Helps Fund Facebook
Facebook is now worth more than companies including Time Warner, Yahoo, and eBay.
Read & DiscussThe Invasive Species Diet
The New York Times' reports on the latest food movement in the making: behold the Invasivores.
Read & DiscussStep Away from the Smartphone
It's a New Year. Maybe it's a good time to re-evaluate our ever more complicated relationship to technology.
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