The "B" is for Backwards

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• Lifestyle

  

  'Should've Kept My Legs Together': An Oral History of Plan B

  GOOD's favorite sexually-active women share their sad, hilarious, and uplifting attempts to secure emergency contraception.

  by Amanda Hess

• Issue 004

  

  Plan B

  We have a tremendous capacity for dealing with the unexpected, which is not surprising given how often we encounter it.

  by GOOD

• GOOD Blog

  

  New T.B.!

  There is a new strain of tuberculosis. It is "virtually untreatable." Good news! You can justify your coming death from consumption by knowing...

  by Anonymous

• Business

  

  Corporation B Good

  You know how everyone from McDonald's to BP is trying to convince you they're helping the world, and not just themselves?B Corporation was created...

  by Andrew Price

• Issue 015

  

  Issue 015 Intro: From A to B

  At the 1939 New York World's Fair, despite a rapidly worsening global crisis, the focus was on the future. In particular, an exhibit called...

  by GOOD

• Education

  

  Education: Morning Roundup, Plan B

  Morning Roundup: From the Associated Press: RI school district agrees to rehire fired teachers A school district that gained the support of...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks

• Culture

  

  Reinventing R&B History for the New Century

   How Raphael Saadiq honors the past and blends in the present The Way I See It (Columbia), the third solo album by Raphael Saadiq, is one of...

  by Michaelangelo Matos

• Education

  

  Yves Béhar's New Eyeglasses for Students

  You know what really helps a student learn? Vision. And not just creative vision. It also helps to be able to see a blackboard. But in Mexico, 11...

  by GOOD

• Education

  

  Education: Morning Roundup, Kagan's B Minus

  Morning Roundup: From the Los Angeles Times: Cal State fights release of documents on Palin speech University seeks dismissal of suit, saying...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks

• Business

  

  Why It Matters Whether Rutherford B. Hayes Liked Telephones

  A presidential catfight over telephones, technology and how to reward innovation.

  by Tim Fernholz

• Cities

  

  Plan B: Grading New Orleans's Readiness for Climate Change

  With geography and climate change working against it, New Orleans prepares for the future. GOOD assesses its resiliency plan. This article...

  by Ben Jervey

• Technology

  

  I.B.M.'s Scarily Competent Jeopardy-Playing Computer

  After I.B.M. built a computer that could beat Garry Kasparov at chess, the next challenge was obvious: world domination Jeopardy! That's right,...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  The B Corps that Make Social Impact a Priority Without Consumer Pressure

  B Labs uses hard data to assess impact, rewarding results, not marketing. That's why so many B-2-B firms made the list.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Environment

  

  FDA Takes One Step Forward, One Step Backward

  The FDA has long fought to regulate and cut back the widespread use of antibiotics in animal feed, which has created resistant super bugs that...

  by Sasha Jones

• Environment

  

  Why Snowtorius B.I.G. and Climate Change Can Coexist

  Jeff Masters is a founder of and Director of Meteorology for the internet’s oldest– and my favorite– weather website.  But before creating the...

  by Ben Jervey

• Cities

  

  Share Your Ideas for Los Angeles Transportation at the LA/2B Think Labs

  GOOD/Corps is working with the City of L.A. to get Angelenos's opinions on how to improve transportation. Here's how you can get involved.

  by Alissa Walker

• Education

  

  What If the Notorious B.I.G. Hadn't Dropped Out of High School?

  Rapper Christoper Wallace was murdered 14 years ago today. He dropped out of school in 1989, and his Brooklyn high school is still a dropout factory.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Education

  

  UPDATE: B.E.A.T. Brings Hip Hop Education Home to the Bronx

  B.E.A.T. and hip hop legends bring breakdancing and beatboxing back to the Bronx's high schools.

  by Sara Fletcher

• Environment

  

  The White House Is Backing the Bioeconomy—But What Is It, Exactly?

  The bioeconomy promises to lengthen our lives, address environmental issues, and clean up manufacturing.

  by Sarah Laskow

• Business

  

  Media Mayhem: Poison Is Healthy. Dirty Is Clean.

  It kind of breaks my heart that the Federal Trade Commission may soon crack down on "greenwashing." For years, polluters' claims that they were...

  by Mother Nature Network