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Dispatches from Jury Duty: Los Angeles County
Serving on a jury is-aside from paying taxes-the most tangible connection that our citizens have to their government. We asked people to share...
Education
The ABCs of Struggling Schools
Why literacy is at the heart of the problems that plague our lowest-performing public schools. Imagine if you went to your doctor's office with a...
Education
Give Us Something Other Than Suicide To Talk About
Five years ago, a friend and I watched as maintenance workers drilled eight-foot tall, half inch-thick pieces of Plexiglas into the sides of the...
Engineering a Better Climate
Aerosol particles, seawater mist, and transparent screens in space-can these seemingly madcap geo-engineering ideas be the answer to global...
Education
The Blind Side's Blind Spot
Taking stock of what Hollywood left out of The Blind Side: That we all have the power and responsibility to help others.Last month saw the release...
The Music Class
With school funding slashed from coast to coast, a new program is aiming to do for music education what the Peace Corps did for international...
Environment
Emerging City Innovation
Most of the world's population now lives in cities. How can we make sure these urban centers are good homes for humanity? Cities from Bogotá...
Design
Reaction Housing
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it became obvious that America was frustratingly ill-prepared to house people displaced by a natural...
Environment
Your Daily Water Use
Thirsty? So is everyone else. We're headed for a water shortage. Here's how a few simple choices can reduce your daily water use by 1,213 gallons....
The Patriots
How do you erect an entire museum to an idea as divisive and abstract as patriotism? A trip to Atlanta's newest tourist attraction invites the...
Design
We Are All Art Now
A public-art experiment is taking London's art scene by storm. The project? Giving 2,400 people each an hour to do whatever they like in the...
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Not Like Mike
New York City's oddball mayoral candidate Reverend Billy is mobilizing young voters in droves in his race for City Hall. He might not be able to...
Lifestyle
Sex, Heaven, and Peaches
What's behind our obsession with food? A dashing gentleman in a white linen suit cracks open an egg. He deftly separates the egg white and...
Design
A New Angle
What's the X factor that will bridge design with social change? A new website says it's journalism. Falls Village, Connecticut, sits where the...
Design
Shooting the Black Panthers
How history happens to the photographer Howard L. Bingham. What do Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Muhammad...
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Good Guide to Reducing Your Water Use, Part 1: Bathroom
1A: A (Clean) Toilet Hack Potential water savings: Up to 18 gallons per day, per person. How to easily reduce the water wasted by every...
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The Kashmir Question
In our Water issue, William Wheeler wrote about the potential water conflict brewing between India and Pakistan. Here, in another dispatch, he...
A Better Kind of Offset
The emerging market for biodiversity offsets aims to curb-and reverse-our impact on the planet. Offsetting your carbon footprint has never been...
