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School Wars
This summer, as I listened to the unbridled joy of children playing outside my window, I read a New York Times article about first graders...
Business
National Treasure?
There is an estimated 2.194 billion square feet of rentable self-storage space in the United States. GOOD and Heavy Meta unpack.
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Nature Playgrounds
When Richard Louv's seminal book Last Child in the Woods was published in 2005, it catalyzed a national movement to get kids not just outside,...
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Affirmative Action: A History
From Kennedy's executive order 10925 to 2006's Michigan Civil Rights Initiative: A short history of the struggle for fairness in education.
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Squash and Go
The sport of squash, like lacrosse or crew, carries the taint of privilege. When you think of squash players, you picture well-off white men...
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Fall Down, Go Boom
When I was in fourth grade, my school replaced our playground. It had been a well-loved, ramshackle structure that seemed to rise 20 or 30...
Business
Fin: The Last Days of Fish
A mile or two off the coast of Cape Cod, just east of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Ted Ligenza shoves a hand across the ignition switch of the Reina...
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Learned Handmade Plates
Now you can eat dinner off of Antonin Scalia giving his famous "Sicilian hand gesture." Harvard folk art was long overdue.
News
Expect Delays
Every day, millions of Americans sit in traffic on their way to and from work. In that time, you could do a lot of things, like listen to an...
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The Fixer
Why is one man trying to end affirmative action? ADAM MATTHEWS chronicles Ward Connerly's education crusade.
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This is Shintaro...
And Those Are His Things... Name: Shintaro Okamoto Age: 34 Location: Queens, New York Occupation: Ice Sculptor; Founder and Creative...
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AIDS-vertisement
YouthAIDS founder Kate Roberts is marketing safe sex to the masses.
News
Derringer Cycles
Like the idea of biking to work but hate those hills on your commute? Los Angeles's Derringer Cycles has come up with a solution.
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Old Dogs, New Tricks
We asked four grownups what they've always wanted to learn to do, then sent them to class. BUILT TO SCALE or, How a Double-jointed Nonpianist...
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Tricking People into Doing the Right Thing
Anyone who has studied psychology knows just how puzzling human behavior can be. Busy people are trying to cope in a complex world, and this...
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Neighborhood Watch
Sean Bonner's network of blogs gives new meaning to the phrase "local news."
Environment
Project 012: Project Urban Rain Garden
For Project 012 we asked you for your ideas on improving local schools. Daniel sent us this chronicle from Victoria, British Columbia. Working on...
Design
We All Scream
A new generation of artists, activists, and entrepreneurs has begun to re-imagine that timeless mobile treat dispensary, the ice-cream truck.
