- August 18, 2008 • 2:22 pm PDT
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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
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

Power, wherever we can find it.
Chrysler has been operating in a state of bankruptcy for about a month now, but that doesn't mean it's stopped dreaming. Yesterday, the Big...
Treehugger has a great slideslow up on the the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, the famed spot where Darwin developed his theory of natural...

A group of private citizens in Switzerland is trying to use the country's referendum process to get the death penalty reintroduced. It's been...

Kodachrome might be gone, but these high-resolution slides preserve the food and life of Depression-era America in color.
Begging street children are a serious problem in India. There are 20 million youthful panhandlers. An ad agency has designed a wonderful campaign...
Big day for politics. Rumsfeld resigns. He's being replaced by former CIA chief Robert Gates. The creepiest part, literally a minute after it was...
An inner-city schoolteacher on the isolated nature of his profession. In positions past, I spent a lot of time working in a cubicle, but I never...

What time do Americans go to work?
Crossing the culture barrier, one tapioca ball at a time.
McDonald's offers Hong Kong residents the chance to say 'I Do' beneath the Golden Arches.
In tonight's nationally televised address President Bush will announce plans to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq, a decision predicated on his...

A new study says reminding doctors and nurses of the greater good of hygiene can inspire compliance with hand-washing recommendations.

Just because the economy is suffering doesn't mean you should hold onto a job you hate.

With no internet service, protesters are getting messages of determination and desperation out to the world through voice to tweet tech. Listen here.

Strasbourg has a windy city center and a vision for shared streets. Residents will soon vote on lowering the speed limit to encourage more walking.

Wael Ghonim, a Google exec and political activist, was jailed two days after the uprising began, possibly for Facebook posts. Will he be freed today?
As part of PoverTee day, British nonprofit ActionAid has will create a customized video for anyone who participates in the global day of...
Goldman Sachs, which is about to announce enormous bonuses for its employees despite the fact that most of the rest of the country is still in the...