- July 7, 2008 • 5:34 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

More than 60 percent of students who qualify to take an AP exam never do. Guess who's getting left behind?
Living Cities-a collaboration of 21 of the world's biggest foundations and financial institutions-is leading the charge to ensure low-income...

Cal State Sacramento psychology professor George Parrott walked out of class after students didn't bring snacks.
In response to President Bush's laughably disingenuous Politico interview, Keith Olbermann dishes out 12 minutes of reasoned vitriol. One can't...
The future we mean, not the school. Controversial genius Ray Kuzweil, who has said that he plans to live forever-literally-will apparently be...
Energy efficiency projects can reduce a building's impact on the environment and save the owner of that building money when the annual energy...
Why we should pass the climate legislation that's right for America, not easy for the Senate. If there's any Democrat in Congress who never...
The UC Riverside biology professor (and MacArthur grant recipient) Cheryl Hayashi gave a TED talk Wednesday on the astonishing strength of spider...
Recently, the Environmental Defense Fund launched a campaign to encourage business owners to improve their corporate fleet efficiency....

Gates is moving ahead with his polio eradication agenda, but some questioned the plan after his big announcement yesterday

Countries with lots of forest stand to benefit from the lucrative timber trade, but at what cost to their ecological footprint?

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that nine states, as well as the District of Columbia, would divvy up nearly $3.4 billion as winners...

The violence has primarily been perpetrated by seven drug cartels, all of which are vying for territory and power. This is who they are.

In the past five years, New Orleans has seen a massive demographic shuffle. Many people left, some came back, and other people arrived for the...

It's Friday, so watch out. People are more likely to die on payday or shortly after than at other times. We just want you to be safe.

The best way to accomplish a tough project: put it to song.
