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• Cities

  

  Should We Shrink Our Cities? The Debate Continues

  Last week, Planetizen ran an essay arguing that shrinking cities (like what Dan Kildee is doing in Flint, Michigan) was not a helpful solution to...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Education

  

  Would We Rather Our Kids Smoke Than Be Fat?

  In the battle between bonbons and tobacco, anti-obesity is the new anti-smoking, insofar as teens and public health campaigns are concerned. The...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks

• GOOD Blog

  

  Should We Retrofit Our Country Roads for Slow Touring?

  America has thousands of miles of single-lane country roads that have fallen into desuetude. Many of them are part of the old numbered highway...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  How Our Mail Gets to Us

  The numbers behind the 727 million pieces of mail that are handled every day.

  by GOOD

• Education

  

  Can We Educate Our Way Out of the Unemployment Crisis?

  The connection between education and ending the nation's unemployment crisis dominated Obama's Silicon Valley town hall yesterday.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Business

  

  What Should We Do with Our Profits? The Boba Guys Ask You

  How should a small business balance reinvestment, social responsibility, and profit?

  by Andrew C, YMFY

• News

  

  Our Latest GOOD Guide: Get to Know Your Community

  Check out the GOOD Guide to Your Community to connect with neighbors, find new ones that share your interests, and find unexpected ways to give back.

  by GOOD, Gregory Hubacek

• Environment

  

  We Need Your Help: Join GOOD This Thursday for Our Energy Issue Meetup

  This Thursday we'll be celebrating our Energy Issue with meetups all around the country. Join one or organize your own!

  by Ben Jervey

• Culture

  

  The 9/11 Effect: What We Get Right (and Wrong) in Our Response to Tragedy

  9/11 showed us that real change can happen with national unity. Why haven't we taken that lesson to heart?

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• News

  

  Promote Women Better: 3 Lessons We Learned From Our Latest Online Campaign

  We asked you to send three emails to promote women in your networks. The results were inspiring—and frustrating.

  by Amanda Hess

• Issue 013

  

  Route Down

  When officials in Toronto backed out of a plan to expand the city's bike lanes, a group of anonymous cyclists decided to do what the city would...

  by Laura Kiniry

• Lifestyle

  

  How Can We Keep the People Who Harvest Our Veggies Healthy Too?

  It’s nice to think of the people who grow our food as hale and hearty folk who get plenty of fresh air and exercise. "The typical reaction is...

  by Bridget Huber

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Now We Can Harass Our Gay Friends About Weddings, Too!

  New York gay people will now endure the same wedding crap as straight people. Yay, equality!

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• GOOD Blog

  

  Escape Routes

  We know the big July 4th weekend has come and gone. But. Was it satisfying? Have you had it up to here with summer fun, content to plod away...

  by Alexandra Marvar

• Lifestyle

  

  Modernist Cuisine: The Epic New Kitchen Manual That Offers New Ways of Visualizing Familiar Foods

  A massive six-volume culinary opus makes a strong case for a little science to go with your cooking.

  by Peter Smith

• Environment

  

  Chart: Even More Proof We Can't Drill Our Way to Lower Gas Prices

  This chart totally debunks the GOP's false claim that the President's policies have anything to do with gas prices.

  by Ben Jervey

• Culture

  Q: What New Bands Should We Put on Our Radar? The Community Answers

  by Hillary Newman

• News

  

  Lessons from Prop. 8: Why We Shouldn't Put Our Civil Rights Up for a Popular Vote

  When it comes to gay marriage or any other civil right, no minority should have their rights subject to the biases of the majority.

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• GOOD Blog

  

  The Routes Of Indie Rock

  We hope you've had an opportunity to peruse Adam Leith Gollner's Guide to Guidebooks, a breakdown of five notable travel books from Lonely Planet...

  by Patrick James

• GOOD Blog

  

  The Routes Of Indie Rock

  We hope you've had an opportunity to peruse Adam Leith Gollner's Guide to Guidebooks, a breakdown of five notable travel books from Lonely Planet...

  by Patrick James