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• GOOD Sheet

  

  GOOD Sheet: Bill of Health

  The prognosis for health care in America isn't positive. Many people are uninsured and many more lack the level of care they need. Collectively,...

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• News

  

  GOOD Sheet: Coming to America

  Both presidential candidates have plans to address illegal immigration into the United States. These numbers show how many people are immigrating,...

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• Business

  

  GOOD Sheet: Getting Gas

  Where does your money go when you pay for a gallon of gas? How much money are oil companies making? What affects the price of gas in the United...

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• News

  

  GOOD Sheet: You Want to Help

  President Kennedy famously declared during his inauguration speech that we should ask ourselves what we can do for our country. National service...

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• Business

  

  GOOD Sheet: Our Present Economy

  The winter holidays: a time to join with family and friends, give thanks, celebrate, and get out the plastic and cash. We are a nation of...

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• Business

  

  GOOD Sheet: It's the Economy, Stupid!

  What most of the doom-and-gloom reports on our economy don't provide is perspective-a historical survey of an economy that's been through more...

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• News

  

  GOOD Sheet: Does Your Vote Matter?

  What does your vote matter in a sea of electoral decision making? The truth is, a lot. Here are some of the closest elections in recent history so...

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• News

  

  GOOD Voter Guide to California: Cheat Sheet and Printable PDF

  For two weeks we've been publishing primers about the important items on the California ballot. Today we present the culmination of that effort.

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• Education

  

  Rahm Emanuel Releases Reform Agenda for Chicago Public Schools

  Rahm Emanuel wants to be Chicago's next mayor, but his critics say his recently revealed education agenda isn't what the city needs.

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• Education

  

  Your Favorite Public Education Reformer Probably Went to Private School

  Many of today's prominent education reformers attended private school. Their policies for public schools are a far cry from that experience.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Education

  

  How We Reform Schools: Bill Maher Versus John Legend

  Ever since Central Falls High School in Rhode Island fired 93 teachers and staffers for poor performance, the debate around school reform has...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks +

• Education

  

  Reform Gone Wrong: Despite $100 Million From Facebook, Newark Schools Still Screwed Up

  Infighting and a lack of transparency in decision making are hampering reform and losing the trust of the community.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Education

  

  Can a New (Free) Degree at Harvard Spur Public School Reform?

  For the first time in over 70 years, Harvard is adding a new degree to its roster-a three-year doctoral in education leadership, no less. The idea...

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• News

  

  GOOD Sheet: America. Love It or Fix It ’08

  GOOD's voter guide 2008: a head-to-head comparison between John McCain and Barack Obama on the big issues facing America, from Afghanistan to...

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• Education

  

  Michelle Rhee Forms National Education Reform Advocacy Group

  Michelle Rhee is taking on teachers' unions and other special interest groups with her new politically inclined education reform organization.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Environment

  

  Action Sheet: Clearing the Air

  Running all your appliances, and heating and cooling your home, consumes a whole lot of natural resources and produces plenty of CO2. We've...

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• Design

  

  Action Sheet: Portrait of a Volunteer

  How often do you volunteer? We're seeing a 30-year high in volunteering right now. That's great news. As a nation, we're more engaged than ever....

  by GOOD, MCAD DesignWorks +

• Culture

  

  Action Sheet 003: Your Hidden Toxic Waste (and What You Can Do About It)

    Is your home turning into a temporary e-waste storage facility? You're not alone. Plenty of us have old computer monitors, cell phones or...

  by GOOD, MCAD DesignWorks 1

• Design

  

  The Testing Bubble

  The seventh-century Chinese emperor Yangdi is usually remembered as a megalomaniac who led his newly united nation into a series of debilitating...

  by Dana Goldstein, Jennifer Daniel, Kevin Zucker, Tucker Nichols, Ellen Van Dusen, Echo Eggebrecht +

• Issue 017

  

  The GOOD 100: KIPP Schools

  A Case Study Fewer than one in five students in the nation's low-income areas will attend college. But at KIPP charter schools, the inverse is...

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