Patrick James
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Sponsored: This Mother's Day, Honor Moms Worldwide
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What's Wrong With This Picture? When Juxtaposing Past and Present Sends the Wrong Message
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A 'Talk Show' Uses Humor to Inform Domestic Workers About Their Rights
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Ethical Style: Vogue's Ban on Underage, Unhealthy Models Won't Solve Its Image Problem
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Dude, Where's My IPO? The Groupon Founder's Lessons for Facebook
Here's a rare chance to make some money writing-and impress Elizabeth Kolbert: io9's environmental writing contest.
Despite House Speaker John Boehner's protestations, building bike paths creates twice as many jobs as fixing old roads.
A new study finds that pessimists might feel more pain.
There may be a good public interest justification for releasing the WikiLeaks material, but it's also been really great for business.
In this new ad for the Nissan Leaf, the majestic polar bear, his habitat crumbling, makes the lonely trek to suburban America. But to what end?...
Laura Bush announces principal-training effort, Obama's loner school year proposal faces reality, and the Gates Foundation targets college graduation.
It's week three of our $10k grant-giving contest. Find out which teachers made this week's round and vote for who will advance.
Contradictions abound. Is Los Angeles on the verge of becoming one of our great American cities or is it just another sprawling mess?
How two bankers' investment scheme inspired a hit movie, broke the onion markets, and made pork bellies a star.
A startling chart shows just how drastically women are being left behind in the economic recovery.
Here's something we'd like to watch: Iran's President has challenged George W. Bush to a debate. Could one possibly hyperbolically rant better...
The economist Mark Perry posted this chart today showing that unemployment among men has risen more quickly than unemployment among women in the...
What do cnn.com, google.com and good.is have in common?They're all banned in China. We've never felt so subversive.You can see which websites our...
Louisiana has suffered more than its fair share of water problems in recent years, and now it finds itself besieged by another: coastal...
Can Tyson Corner show the country how to fix its suburbs? “A textbook case of suburban sprawl”—that’s what local officials call the northern...
We're big fans of PSFK the website, so we'll be pretty excited to check out their new print book: PSFK Snapshot-San Francisco. The book presents...
The pranksters behind the Catcher in the Rye sequel and the fight over who owns fictional characters. J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of...
Most people seem to be in agreement these days that simple ideas often offer the best solutions. Here's an invention that fits the bill perfectly....
The Great American Apparel Diet (nothing to do with the American Apparel the apparel company) is "a group of women and two men who have decided to...
File this under "Good to Know": Western Union can get your cash to a refugee in need as easily as you can pull money out of an ATM. Even if your...
