Zak StoneThis year we say goodbye to addicts and martyrs, survivors and killers. 2011, we'll miss you and (some of) the people you took with you. Here's a list, in order of the year's progression, of 11 notable folks who died in 2011.
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
The future we mean, not the school. Controversial genius Ray Kuzweil, who has said that he plans to live forever-literally-will apparently be...
Instead of teachers and parents looking for red flags from individual students, schools need a broader cultural shift.
For some species of ocean dwellers, there just aren't that many fish in the sea.
Cheering, chanting, climbing and a flag waving hound dog. See who converged on Ground Zero after Osama Bin Laden's death.
A new documentary focuses on a largely-forgotten writer and urbanist whose ideas were ahead of his time. (Plus a contest.)
Global Health Corps is offering 70 fellowships this year for people under 30 interested in health. Help out in Malawi, Burundi, or Newark!
A few classics to help you dress up that champagne for your holiday soirée—or to make the lower-quality leftover champers palatable on January 2nd.
Create a home-made valentine for the millions of women around the world who could use a reminder that they matter, today and everyday.
We asked you to create a valentine for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Take a look at the 10 finalists, and vote on your favorite.
Back in 2008, Los Angeles passed a ballot measure, Measure R, that increased the sales tax in the county to raise $40 billion for public...
Here are three ways we could better our Big Oil subsidies. Except these ideas would actually ease pain at the pump and save Americans money.
Three-year degree programs save money and help students get on with their lives, but American students aren't signing up. They should be.
The website's founders promise that you can start building your own game within a month.
Each month, we challenge our community to do something that will improve the world around us—and our own lives. September's challenge? To connect.
One phrase from Occupy Wall Street puts a much-needed "everyperson" face to the movement.
"I met them in Sierra Leone. Former rebels, shopkeeper, barbers–now calling themselves Iraq vets."
When an amateur bounty hunter was arrested on a hunt for Osama in June of last year, he actually wasn't too far away from his target.
