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• GOOD Blog

  

  The Border Crossing Experience

  For the more risk averse, the Hñahñu Indians are offering a simulated border crossing adventure north of Mexico City. Guides in black clothes and...

  by Rudy Adler +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Border Film Project

  In our inaugural issue, we featured a piece called "On the Line," which offered a sneak peek at the work of the Border Film Project: a stunning,...

  by Patrick James +

• News

  

  Infographic: Palestine's Shifting Borders

  Here's a look at how Palestine has shrunk since 1917.

  by Column Five Media +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Border Film Project: Get Out The Vote

  The Border Film Project, who we featured in our first issue, are in the running to be covered on CBS news. After showing a clip of three stories,...

  by Anonymous +

• Lifestyle

  

  Doctors Without Borders Prepares for Emergency in Sudan

  With possible violence expected after the January election, the health organization is making its plans now.

  by Ann Marie Gardner +

• Education

  

  Books From Bankrupt Borders Will Help Public School Students

  The company hired to liquidate Borders is donating more than 8,000 academic-quality texts to Chicago's schools.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Education

  

  Borders Wants to Give You a $15 Donors Choose Gift Card

  Want to pick up the latest novel and hook up a classroom with much-needed resources? This weekend you can do both.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Business

  

  Aztec Rising: A Spanish-Language Network Makes TV Without Borders

  From our winter issue, GOOD 025: The Next Big Thing

  by Tim Fernholz, Adam Garcia +

• Education

  

  Yale Law Students Check a Border Terrier Out of Library for Stress Relief

  A border terrier dog named Monty is lent out to law students for 30-minute stress-relieving sessions.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• News

  

  Things Younger Than McCain

  We're not sure that John McCain's age-he's 71-is the most relevant issue. He doesn't seem senile, so what's the big deal? But it's still pretty...

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  Cash for Things Other Than Clunkers

  You may remember the government's "cash for clunkers" program. It burned fast and bright last July. Now the EPA is planning to use some of that...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  Intermission: Another Thing

  The architect Andrew Burgess projects an image of the Icelandic parliament building onto the building itself and then mucks with it in various...

  by Andrew Price +

• Environment

  

  Where the Wild Things Should Be

  A piece from Yale's environment 360 blog takes a look at the benefits of large-scale "rewilding" to protect biodiversity: A Marshall Plan for the...

  by Andrew Price +

• Culture

  

  GOOD 025: The Next Big Thing

  This issue of GOOD features a particularly fascinating cast of characters, from Chinese bachelors to Mormon bloggers.

  by Ann Friedman +

• Issue 012

  

  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...

  by CassSunstein +

• Issue 004

  

  Project 004: Good Things Come In...

  The OBJECTIVE Show someone you care. The ASSIGNMENT Recommend someone to receive a care package from GOOD. The REQUIREMENTS A list...

  by GOOD +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Other Things the Internet Is Killing

  The Telegraph has a list of 50 things that are being destroyed by the Internet. Some of them-like music stores-are kind of obvious. But to think...

  by Andrew Price +

• Lifestyle

  

  Fifteen Things You Should Know About Breasts

  There's not much more to say about this infographic other than that it presents 15 things you should know about breasts, which, in some form or...

  by Patrick James 1

• News

  

  Obama Looking at Awesome Things

  What kind of crazy advanced technology do you get a first look at when you're president? Things like Link's shield (pictured), Thor's hammer,...

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  Five Things You Should Know About High-speed Rail

  Planetizen has just launched a new high-speed rail site, HSR News, tracking everything there is to know about our attempts to import fast trains...

  by GOOD +