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What Does Teaching Creativity Look Like?
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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This Valentine's Day, Celebrate All Kinds of Love
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Birth Control Costs More Than You Think—Even for the Lucky Ones
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
In the U.K. there's something called the Audit Commission. It's an independent government agency that grades the effectiveness of various public...
From buying airtime to printing those indispensable bumper stickers, running for president is expensive. The candidates need to stick up...
Why has Argentina been unable to sustain a democracy? Why has establishing Iraq's been particularly dicey? According to the Harvard economist...
Following up on Andrew's post yesterday, I want to drill down on what impact this decision will have specifically on environmental issues and our...
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...
In theory the Senate passes legislation with a simple majority: 51 votes. But if a senator threatens to filibuster a bill by talking about it...
"Direct democracy" is a blanket term for systems that allow voters to pass or reject laws by voting on "initiatives" and "referenda" at the polls....
Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO, is running for the Senate in California as a Republican. In this mind-boggling ad she attacks her...
Obama took some time in his State of the Union speech to criticize the Supreme Court's recent decision that corporations can spend as much money...
Some prominent politicians are out there saying that we have the "best health care system in the world." Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) just said...
These incredible posters are hanging in and around the Copenhagen airport, offering a pointed (and poignant) welcome message to the international...
nLast week, Michael Rosales, who murdered 67-year-old Mary Felder in 1997, became the thirteenth person executed this year-in Texas. Whether or...
With unemployment up in the double digits, Obama made jobs the main focus of his State of the Union speech. And Fast Company made jobs the main...
Over at the The Washington Post, Annie Lowry imagines various other ways Senate representation could work: Imagine a chamber in which senators...
In his latest column, Tom Friedman suggests we overhaul the way votes are cast and counted: One reason independent, third-party, centrist...
Here, from the fantastic OkCupid blog, is a chart showing how people's political views change as they age. According to their analysis-which...
Reporters Without Borders just released its 2009 Press Freedom Index, a ranking of countries based on how shamelessly they screw with the Fourth...
To deal with young criminals, Northern Ireland has been experimenting with something they call the "Youth Conference." Instead of sending kids who...
It's tax policy time! The Homebuyer Tax Credit (official site here here) gives $8,000 of taxpayers' money to people buying new homes. It was about...
We want to take a moment to salute everyone who has valiantly served our country. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice, and may your...
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