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Music for the Recession

Chuck Eddy on why there isn't a modern soundtrack to our economic woes. When American Graffiti, revolving around a 1962 radio station’s...

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1 year ago

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Jaime Wolf on Filmmaker Chris Marker

“May you live in interesting times,” that sly curse, reputed to come from ancient China, is actually apocryphal, no more Chinese than the fortune...

by Jaime Wolf

2 years ago

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Mark Peters on War Slang

A recent recruiting commercial for the Army says, “There is a type of strength that doesn’t require words.” Now, I’m in no position to question...

by Mark Peters

2 years ago

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Michelangelo Matos on Going Forward into the Past

To trace the story of pop music’s use of nostalgia is, in some ways, to trace the story of pop music. Of course all musicians recycle what came...

by Michaelangelo Matos

2 years ago

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Stop Teaching Catcher in the Rye

Why is The Catcher in the Rye still a rite of high school English? Sure, J.D. Salinger’s novel was edgy and controversial when teachers first...

by Anne Trubek

2 years ago

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Adam Spangler on 21st-century Jazz

Bob Dylan once made his way from Minnesota to New York in search of himself and, so the myth goes, to find his musical hero on his deathbed....

by Adam Spangler

2 years ago

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William Bostwick on the Life and Death of Green Design

Renzo Piano’s New York Times building in midtown Manhattan is a glass-skinned tribute to one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in...

by William Bostwick

2 years ago

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Mark Peters on Eggcorns

If you saw Blades of Glory last year, you may have chuckled when Will Ferrell used the word “mind-bottling,” which he defined as “when your...

by Mark Peters, Kim Scafuro

2 years ago

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Chris Ladd on Consumer Justice Online

There are a lot of people getting screwed out there in this great nation of ours. Ten years ago, I would never have known how many. But now I...

by Chris Ladd, Kim Scafuro

2 years ago

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Matt Barone on Handheld Horror Movies

Wine is flowing as attractive, well-dressed 20-somethings mingle in a swanky Manhattan loft, toasting "We love you, man," on the eve of a...

by Matt Barone

3 years ago

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Ligaya Mishan on Speakeasy Restaurants

They say that in the early 1990s there was a secret restaurant in Manhattan, in an apartment on the 31st floor of a Hell's Kitchen building whose...

by Ligaya Mishan

3 years ago

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Michaelangelo Matos on the Sophomore Slump

Earlier this year, the advance scuttlebutt on M.I.A.’s second album, Kala, had begun, and a good deal of it boiled down to a variation on “We...

by Michaelangelo Matos, Ryan Thacker

3 years ago

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Jaime Wolf on Mumblecore

Mumblecore—the label attached to the current wave of lo-fi, micro-budget American indie films about 20-somethings—is a somewhat misleading...

by Aung Moe Win, Ryan Thacker

3 years ago

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Mark Peters on the Colbert Suffix

In his fantastic book On Bullshit, the philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt says a bullshitter “does not reject the authority of the truth, as the...

by Mark Peters, Jenny Mörtsell

3 years ago

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Rita Flórez on Why Zines Won’t Die

I’ve never made a zine. In fact, I only started paying attention to them about a year and a half ago when I went to an Atlanta record shop...

by Rita Flórez, Jenny Mörtsell

3 years ago

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Anne Trubek on the Allure of Collecting Hypermodern Literature

Ignoring first editions of the King James Bible, illustrated medieval manuscripts, and fine-press editions of Pride and Prejudice, I scoured...

by Anne Trubek, Jenny Mörtsell

3 years ago

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Michaelangelo Matos on Magazine Archives

The major difference between books and magazines is tense. A magazine issue might be one for the ages, but most of the time it lives only in...

by Michaelangelo Matos, Matthew Hollister

3 years ago

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Matthew Dessem on the Ancient Art of List Making

Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity is a 323-page paean to the addictive power of lists. For Barry, the novel’s Falstaff, conversation is enumeration:...

by Matthew Dessem, Matthew Hollister

3 years ago

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Change is Good ()

GOOD Magazine is about moving things forward, and we're here to celebrate progress wherever we see it come to life. This is the emerging sensibility in our world and that gets us fired up.

Design Solutions ()

In this issue you'll discover that design is a tool with vast utility. There are problems everywhere. It's time to design solutions.

Features ()

A diverse group of sharp and fun pieces that delve into culturally relevant issues and stories of the moment through investigative, photo, and new journalism.

For the People ()

This issue is about how our government works, how it works for us, and the people who work for it. Our government is for the people, but it is also by the people, and we salute the men and women who spend their days in service of our country.

GOOD Business ()

At a time when Wall Street is buckling, the environment is eroding, and America is preparing for a historic election, we will ask: What is the nature of business? What is the role of commerce? What models can combine authenticity and effectiveness?

Guide to Buckminster Fuller ()

Floating cities, flying cars, and Spaceship Earth—Buckminster Fuller figured out how to save the planet 50 years ago. Stephanie Smith tells us why his legacy is more relevant than ever.

Guide to Shadowy Organizations ()

Freemasons, Bilderberg, Skull and Bones—what do they actually do? Matt Schwartz peels back the curtains of the world's top secret societies.

High Tech / Low Tech ()

Sometimes, the best technology has to offer is a speedy processor. Other times, ones and zeroes are less effective than a hammer. Everything we need lies in the vast spectrum between high tech and low tech.

I (Heart) America ()

"I Heart America." Depending upon your perspective (or perhaps your zip code), that's either an ironic statement, full of doubt and self-loathing, or it's an earnestly patriotic one, imbued with the certainty of American infallibility. Neither perspective satisfies us.

Look ()

A bold visual tour of creative ideas around the world.

Marketplace ()

Information on our consumer culture.

Picture Show ()

In which we bring you compelling pictures of interesting things.

Plan B ()

Plan A is overrated. This issue is about the merits, excitement, quirkiness, and danger of pursuits that go in the opposite direction of what is expected.

Portraits ()

A collection of people doing things that matter.

Projects ()

An experiment in large-scale, open source creativity.

Provocations ()

Essays to stimulate thought and action.

Q & A ()

Smile ()

State of the Planet ()

A special report on what's happening on Earth in 2009 and beyond.

Statement ()

A visual interpretation of the issue theme. Each issue, GOOD asks an artist or group to set the tone for the magazine with a visual interpretation of the issue theme.

Stimuli ()

A collection of essays on the newest trends in culture.

The China Issue ()

If the United States is the last superpower of the imperialist era, then China is rapidly becoming the first of the information age. Our countries are inexorably linked, so let's learn about our Eastern neighbor.

The Education Issue ()

In our fear about what will happen if every child doesn’t know the quadratic formula by heart, we’ve created a far more damning problem: We’ve taken all the fun out of learning.

The GOOD 100 ()

A collection of the most important, exciting, and innovative people, ideas, and projects making our world better.

The GOOD Guide to COP15 ()

What is the COP15, who's invited, and can it really stave off climate change? GOOD explores the most important meeting in history.

The GOOD Guide to Culture Jamming ()

Sometimes confronting problems straight on can simply be too daunting. Why not find another way? That's the basic premise behind culture jamming; finding a simpler, more insidious method of changing the world.

The GOOD Guide to North Korea ()

Take a tour of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with Paul French, one of the few outsiders to visit the reclusive country.

The GOOD Guide to Prefab ()

For nearly a century, architectural visionaries have been predicting that some day, people everywhere would live happily in prefabricated homes. It hasn’t happened yet, but they’re on to something.

The GOOD Guide to The Midterm Elections ()

We know midterm are elections are boring, or at least sound boring. OK, they're boring. But this year there's a chance something big and exciting may happen.

The Media Issue ()

We love the possibility and the potential of media — that it can communicate to the world, break down barriers, open doors, and maybe even change things for the better.

The Recession Issue ()

Recessions might feel all doomy and gloomy, but they're also times of great innovation. Here's a few tips to help you make it through.

The Slow Issue ()

Perspectives on a smarter, better, and slower future.

The Transportation Issue ()

Reinventing Our Wheels: Visionary ideas for the coming transportation revolution.

The Travel Issue ()

Vacations are nice, but they’re not the same thing as traveling: wandering through marketplaces, sampling food of indeterminate origin, and, most important, meeting new people.

The Water Issue ()

We Suck at This: How to make the most of the water we have (it’s all we get).

Transparency ()

A graphical exploration of the data that surrounds us.

Why Vote? ()

Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." We say, "How about you just vote?" Here are 1,565 reasons to get to the polls.

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