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  Picture Show: Four Days in Dubai

  Dubai can seem more like a mirage than any place on Earth-even in the shade, it's marvelously bright. Whether the city is the most precious gem in...

  by GOOD, Dustin Aksland +

• Business

  

  Picture Show: The Last Days of General Motors in Moraine, Ohio

  On December 23, 2008, the General Motors assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio, shut its doors. It was the last plant in the Dayton, Ohio, area to...

  by GOOD, Sarina Finkelstein +

• Environment

  

  Mines Are Still Super Dangerous (and Big Coal Is Still Making Big PR Gaffes)

  A moving tribute to coal miners who have died on the job, brought to you by the industry that killed them.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Big Bang Big Boom by Blu

  In his latest stop-motion street art video, a take on the evolution of life, Blu plays with the environment much more than in previous works....

  by Andrew Price +

• Lifestyle

  

  Are Big Americans a Big Business Opportunity?

  The U.S. obesity rate has skyrocketed in the last decade and companies see an opportunity in marketing to obese people. But they shouldn't take it.

  by Morgan Clendaniel 2

• Education

  

  Big Class Takes a Big Step Towards Literacy

  The adult illiteracy rate in New Orleans is nearly twice the national average. A student-driven program called Big Class is changing that.

  by Nina Lincoff +

• Education

  

  Why the Day After Labor Day No Longer Means the First Day of School

  The tradition of starting school the day after Labor Day isn't much of a tradition anymore.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Environment

  

  Video: Tea Partiers, Sponsored by Big Oil, Speak Out Against Big Oil Subsidies

  Watch these Tea Party activists spit in their gift horse's mouth.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Business

  

  Freelancers, Alone No More: Coworking Is Going Big Business

  There's a seismic shift in how large companies they are envisioning their own internal real estate. That shift is toward mobility.

  by Dan Haugen +

• Lifestyle

  

  Watch Your Mouth: Eat Lightly and Carry a Big Fork

  Bigger forks and heavier bowls might sound supersized, but they could actually cut down on portion sizes.

  by Peter Smith +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Big Ideas From Big Think

  In a ten-week series called Think Science Now, web site Big Think welcomes shameless nerding out with ten interviews from the world's leading...

  by Alexandra Marvar +

• 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 +

• Culture

  

  Day 22 Slideshow: Document the Thing You Spend Most of the Day Looking at #30DaysofGOOD

  Take a look at our favorite snapshots from today's #30DayofGOOD Challenge: Document the thing you spend most of the day looking at.

  by Hillary Newman +

• Culture

  

  Day 22: Document the Thing You Spend Most of the Day Looking at #30DaysofGOOD

  Get your cameras ready. For November's challenge, we're asking you to document your life, from your day to the thing you look at most.

  by Christine Wong +

• Business

  

  Turn Valentine's Day into Generosity Day with This Wonderful Experiment

  On this day of compulsory spending between loved ones, we can broaden the practice of love and gifting. Here's a few ideas, and a good reason!

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Culture

  

  Image of the Day: Dada for World Toilet Day

  Today is World Toilet Day, which aims to call attention to the crisis of water sanitation around the wold.

  by Patrick James +

• Culture

  

  Day 12 Slideshow: Document the Highlight of Your Day #30DaysofGOOD

  Take a look at our favorite snapshots from today's #30DayofGOOD Challenge: Document the highlight of your day.

  by Hillary Newman +

• Picture Show

  

  Picture Show: Pictures of the Year

  For 67 years, Pictures of the Year International has awarded excellence in the field of photojournalism, highlighting the photographers whose...

  by Patrick James 2

• Culture

  

  Image of the Day: The Mosaic365 Project (day 341)

  The Nigerian-born R&B artist Riz takes 5 minutes every day to add a new component to this mosaic about significant moments from the year.

  by Rebecca McQuigg Rigal +

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  With Open Arms

  While the Pope plans to participate in a televised and thus bound-to-be-ballyhooed Bible-reading marathon come October 5th, an Indian guru named...

  by Jason Jude Chan +