- February 4, 2009 • 9:32 pm PST
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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

Take a blast to the past and revisit some of your favorite childhood storybooks and young adult novels before they make their way to the big screen.
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.

A national "Imagination Summit" wants to help schools figure out how to bring creativity and innovation to the classroom. Is it really that difficult?
Earlier this week, The Aesthetic Poet linked to jl.incrowd's fantastic Flickr set: Vintage classic album cover graphics. Apparently, the whole...
Torture Classics is a new collection of songs, all of which have been used as instruments of torture by U.S. investigators. It features Eminem,...
What your childhood reading says about you Lizzie Skurnick, a writer for Jezebel.com and author of 10 Sweet Valley High books, has just...
Cretique's gallery of classic American package designs from the early 20th century fills me with nostalgia for an era I've only experienced in...

The Los Angeles Conservancy program that screens films in downtown L.A.'s grand movie palaces kicks off its season today.

With Netflix streaming on the rise, pricey movie theaters are less and less attractive. Let's lower film budgets and thus ticket prices.

This week, Mixology Mailbag helps newly-minted drinkers stock up before they drink up.
You've almost certainly been sent this chart or seen it on a blog (BoingBoing and Andrew Sullivan being the biggest culprits I've seen). Now...

How about securing your strawberries on top of a mountain?Here are five lesser-known local farmers' markets that look as juicy as the citrus.

In some New York buildings, a new bin will be showing up next to the trash and the recycling—a clothing donation bin.

Organizations frustrated by scarce resources, missed opportunities for collaboration, and the inability to conduct research are looking to mapping.
You’d be hard-pressed to think of something more unfair than the life of a young refugee—especially one with no forthcoming prospects of...

Want to give the gift of cooking? Try the step-by-step recipes in What to Cook and How to Cook It. I'll be over for pie in an hour.