- August 24, 2008 • 5:20 pm PDT
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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
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

Many of us say we're open to open relationships but can't quite seem to let go of monogamy.
With the advent of self-publishing platforms like Blurb, it's never been easier to print your own book. Blurb helps people print beautiful...
In this new series, Dev Aujla and Billy Parish explore opportunities for making money and changing the world-at the same time. A little under...
The current formula we use to calculate where the "poverty line" lies has some fundamental flaws. Back when this poverty measure was first...
The Atlantic takes a sober yet playful look at how things have changed in the last eight years under the stewardship of one George W. Bush. The...

In the final piece of our series, we report on the proposed ideas for an underserved urban neighborhood and show how designers can get involved.
Back in 2006, the Canadian marine biologist Boris Worm authored a controversial study that warned that we could literally run out of fish by...
Yup. Pick your price. Pay what you want: a dollar or more. It all goes to charity. And you get GOOD for a year (a subscription was $20...

Retail therapy may be a quick fix to boost our sense of status, but in the end, it kicks us when we're down.
If our teachers are going to be effective educators, we need to do a better job of keeping them happy. What do teachers think would do that?
Following the success of our ongoing series of joint questions, the White House and GOOD are joining forces yet again. This time we want to know:...
Schools need to prep students to be successful in jobs we haven't even imagined yet, but we can't do it if we stick with industrial age teaching.

Cascade Engineering and Solberg Worldwide manufacture both high-quality products and change. They're also GOOD Company finalists.
This video (below the jump) investigates why one in seven people is malnourished, how food dependency affects the poor, and how we can make sure...

What are the elements of a lesson plan to teach students how to think creatively and critically? And how do we measure what they've learned?

We will never have a better chance to end polio. Now is the time to finish the job.