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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
This March, to much fanfare, the Obamas planted a vegetable garden at the White House, the first one since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a victory...
President Obama wanted to make low-income housing more energy efficient as a way to save money, reduce emissions and create jobs. But according...
Back in 2007, Northwestern neuroscientist Nina Kraus led a team of researchers that showed that training in music as a youngster helps...
So far, our paltry COP15 emissions targets would lock in a much warmer world, and a much-changed United States. It's finally here. "The most...
President Obama continues to make history with his proposed 2011 Education Budget, and environmental allies, like the 50 million member strong No...
It's in the shadow of Copenhagen, but Obama's first trip to China could prove to be a real turning point in climate legislation. Last week, the...
President Barack Obama delivered a sober speech upon accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Thursday (video after the jump). Speaking with grace...
With unemployment up in the double digits, Obama made jobs the main focus of his State of the Union speech. And Fast Company made jobs the main...
Over at the The Washington Post, Annie Lowry imagines various other ways Senate representation could work: Imagine a chamber in which senators...
In his latest column, Tom Friedman suggests we overhaul the way votes are cast and counted: One reason independent, third-party, centrist...
Here, from the fantastic OkCupid blog, is a chart showing how people's political views change as they age. According to their analysis-which...
Reporters Without Borders just released its 2009 Press Freedom Index, a ranking of countries based on how shamelessly they screw with the Fourth...
To deal with young criminals, Northern Ireland has been experimenting with something they call the "Youth Conference." Instead of sending kids who...
It's tax policy time! The Homebuyer Tax Credit (official site here here) gives $8,000 of taxpayers' money to people buying new homes. It was about...
We want to take a moment to salute everyone who has valiantly served our country. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice, and may your...
On Monday, Bill McKibben, the writer, environmentalist, and founder of 350.org (and, let's not forget, GOOD 100 honoree) took to the pages of...
In case you've been out of the loop during the break: On Sunday, a guy named Maurice Clemmons ambushed and killed four cops in a Washington state...
2009: Big year for philandering. Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, a 200-year-old law banning adultery is technically still on the books. According to...
Ten years of conflict and economic chicanery (and a fragile promise of change). The first decade of the third 21st century may not go down as the...
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