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• Cities

  

  Submit Your Work to the Manifest Equality Art Contest

  The Manifest Equality Gallery wants you to join artists across the nation in "using their voices and talents to amplify and motivate the grass...

  by Patrick James

• GOOD Blog

  

  Remembering What it Meant to Dream Big, 40 Years Ago Today

  At 9:32 a.m. EST this morning, in the year 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched three astronauts into space with a plan to land them on the moon...

  by Zach Frechette

• Design

  

  The TED Prize-Winning Street Artist JR Blankets L.A. with Work

  JR, the French street artist and upcoming TED Prize recipient, has finally brought his excellent Wrinkles of the City project to L.A.

  by Alissa Walker

• Culture

  

  Slovenian Artist Uses Plastic Bags and Cups for City-wide Art Installation

  Made from more than 40,000 plastic bags and 7,500 plastic cups, this monster winds its way through the streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  by Zach Frechette

• Business

  

  Without McDonald's, America Would Have Lost Jobs In May

  McDonald's hiring binge in April is the only reason today's "awful" job numbers weren't devastating.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Education

  

  Superb Idea: Hire Teachers for Public Schools the Way We Hire Them for Private Schools

  Districts like Washington D.C. are changing their hiring practices to ensuring only the most talented applicants get in front of kids.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Culture

  

  McDonald's Hiring Day Finds Many McDonald's Not Hiring

  The burger chain's promotional event resulted in frustration when some locations admitted to not even having jobs available.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Design

  

  Works of Art

  The Re:Construction project in New York lets artists use building sites as their canvas.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Culture

  

  The Urban Speaker: Call it Today

  Call a special number and your voice will broadcast on the streets of New York. It's art.

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Culture

  

  Toronto Pays Artist for Mural, Then Paints Over It

  A Toronto artist's commissioned mural was painted over for being "too political."

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• Culture

  

  Common Census: Save Taxpayer Money and Mail It Today

  Although "Census Day" has already passed—and with a rather remarkable 54 percent of the nation's 134 million homes having mailed back their census...

  by Patrick James

• Business

  

  Infographic: It's Not Business As Usual For Today's Top Executives

  Ask 6,000 CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs what it takes to succeed in business, and you're bound to get some interesting answers.

  by GOOD, Oliver Munday

• News

  How do You Commute to Work, and How Long Does it Take?

  by GOOD

• Environment

  

  Updated: Today's the Day: The Trial of "Bidder 70" Begins

  Here's how to show support for Tim DeChristopher, aka Bidder 70, as he goes on trial today for his powerful and urgen act of civil disobedience.

  by Ben Jervey

• Design

  

  Leaf Imitating Art Imitating Life: Nissan's EV Will Emit Sci-fi Sound to Alert Blind People of Its Presence

  As most of us are aware, when hybrids and electric vehicles drive at low speeds, they are almost totally silent, which is lovely in and of itself,...

  by Patrick James

• Culture

  If You Could Accomplish Anything Today, What Would It Be? Answers

  by Hillary Newman

• Culture

  

  Many Businesses Are Now Refusing to Hire the Unemployed

  As the House Republicans block unemployment benefits, many unemployed people are saying being jobless is keeping them jobless.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Business

  

  How to Solve the Tech Hiring Problem: Ask Women

  Talking to women in technology about hiring biases, bro-grammers and why a better future requires more ladies behind the keyboard.

  by Tim Fernholz

• Culture

  

  Park Talk, Water Work, and Bus Art: Have a GOOD LA Weekend

  From workshops on saving water, to a roving gallery broadcasting art in every corner of the city, here's what to do in L.A.

  by Alissa Walker

• Culture

  

  Protesters Are Awesome: This Cop Stood with OWS Today and Was Arrested For It

  A retired police captain from Pennsylvania fought the law for Occupy Wall Street.

  by Cord Jefferson