- December 5, 2006 • 8:54 am PST
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food
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Want to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
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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
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Most Students Who Should Be Taking AP Exams Aren't
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GOOD Citizenship Task 10: Contact a Local Elected Leader on an Issue of Interest to You #30DaysofGOOD
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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It's Time for Some Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

Mark Kurlansky's newest book, the illustrated World Without Fish, is a grim primer on the destruction of the ocean ecosystem.
Here are a few ideas—from reusable wrapping to creative and home-made gifts—to get you started.

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

Snoball lets friends jump on the giving train to make tiny donations "snowball" into a much larger one.

As Julian Assange fights extradition to Sweeden for sex abuse, his gift shop opens online to pay his legal bills. Lots of defiant T-shirt slogans.

Maine is at the forefront of one-to-one laptop and iPad programs in the classroom, and they're sharing their best practices.

Instead of just memorizing formulas, math education needs to teach kids to solve real-world problems.

With no internet service, protesters are getting messages of determination and desperation out to the world through voice to tweet tech. Listen here.
Christmas is only a week away. Hannukah is in full swing. Kwanzaa is coming up soon. What better way to satisfy your last minute shopping gifts...
Everyone knows buying diamonds can be a little dicey (blood diamonds and all), but what else should you be avoiding for moral/ethical reasons...
T-Post is a T-shirt subscription service. Every six weeks they'll send your giftee a new shirt with a design inspired by a recent, offbeat news...
If you're looking for some great gifts this holiday season, go no further than Core 77's 77 righteous gifts for the holiday. It's an amazing mix...

Get moving.

Keep your day job.

Gifts for rethinking recess.

Gifts to warm your home.

Accessorize your appreciation of Twin Peaks coffee, your support of the Knope 2012 campaign, and your advice for haters.

Find a gift that will last—or repurpose one that didn't—with our roundup of the most sustainable items from our holiday wish list.
The language of our stressful holiday exchanges. ‘Tis the season of giving! With luck, we will also get. My gift to you is a look at...

Unique gift ideas, unusual holiday traditions, and some decidedly un-consumery things to make or experience in lieu of a trip to the mall.