Polls Are Bullshit

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• News

  

  Polling and Rolling

  Last year, as some of you might remember, we assembled  a board game for GOOD 005 called Polling and Rolling: a race through the presidential...

  by Patrick James

• Education

  

  Poll: Americans Favor Collective Bargaining Rights for Unions

  Most Americans don't agree with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Why won't he compromise?

  by Liz Dwyer

• Culture

  

  Poll: White Republicans Believe Their Children Will Have the Worst Future Ever

  In a new poll from the Washington Post, white Republicans were far more likely than anyone else to fear America's future.

  by Cord Jefferson

• News

  

  Landline-Only Polls Do, in Fact, Have a Republican Bias

  Adding cell phones to a poll gives you a five point swing toward the Democratic candidate.

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• News

  

  Obama Barely Leads Trump in New 2012 Presidential Poll

  A new poll looking toward the 2012 presidential election has Republican challengers gaining on Obama.

  by Cord Jefferson

• News

  

  Cell Phone Polling: Does Your Phone Indicate Your Political Party?

  Do only Republicans own landlines?

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• News

  

  Poll Finds Fox News Is Worse Than No News at All

  A new survey of Americans finds that those who watch Fox News are sometimes more ignorant than those who watch nothing at all.

  by Cord Jefferson

• News

  

  A New Washington Post Poll Is Making News

  A new Washington Post-ABC News poll is getting attention today because it seems to show a new low in public approval of Obama. Four months...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  Conservatives: "Palin Should Stop Talking Now"

  In the past 48 hours, both David Frum and Newt Gingrich have advised Palin to think more about the things she says—or just stop saying things.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Culture

  

  Did You Go to Church on Christmas? Are You Lying?

  A new study shows that Americans vastly overestimate how often they attend religion services. Why?

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Culture

  

  Protesters Are Awesome: Egyptian Students Are Now Protecting the Libraries

  Egypt's protesting millennials are multitasking: Saving the nation's precious cultural icons while simultaneously calling for a new government.

  by Cord Jefferson

• News

  

  Corporate Profits Are Up, Jobs Are Down

    This is a bad divergence, and it feels unfair in a very visceral sort of way. Ezra Klein posts this chart with the title "Why voters are angry...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  How Much Are Politicians Around the World Paid, and How Effective Are They?

  The recent MP expense scandal in Britain-we wrote about it briefly here-prompted GOOD contributor Ryan Bowman to put together this interactive...

  by Zach Frechette

• Lifestyle

  

  Are You Eating Bugs? Yes, You Are!

  Tell all your friends you've been eating down the food chain. Even if you didn't know it.

  by Peter Smith

• Culture

  

  How the Film Industry's Big Budgets Are Killing Movie Theaters

  With Netflix streaming on the rise, pricey movie theaters are less and less attractive. Let's lower film budgets and thus ticket prices.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Business

  

  Four Daily Deal Sites That Are Better (for the World) than Groupon

  All kinds of copycats are chasing Groupon's $15 billion tail. But getting discounts doesn't have to be all about teeth whitening and tapas.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Lifestyle

  

  Feast Your Eyes: Where Are the World's Coffee Drinkers?

  A global look at one of the world's most widely taken drugs.

  by Peter Smith

• Design

  

  What Are People For?

  An original napkin sketch.

  by GOOD, Kurt Vonnegut

• Issue 006

  

  The Mormons Are Coming!

  Each year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends 20,000 missionaries around the world. These highly devout Mormon youth are...

  by Daniel Brook

• GOOD Blog

  

  Are These the 100 Best First Lines From Novels?

  You decide. Also, call me Ishmael. Photo via Ffffound..

  by Zach Frechette