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News
Transparency: America's Absurdly High Incarceration Rate
The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails paint a very different picture.
Lifestyle
Transparency: Pakistan vs. Haiti, Which Disaster Got More Aid?
How differently did countries and major organizations around the world respond to the Haiti earthquake and Pakistan flood?
Lifestyle
Submissions: Design the New Food Pyramid
The submissions are in for our contest to see who could best redesign the food pyramid.
Environment
Transparency: How Much Does the United States Subsidize Energy
The government spends billions of dollars to support the energy industry, allowing it to make energy cheaper than it should cost on the open market.
Technology
Transparency: The Origins of Electricity, Tesla vs. Edison
Let's compare their lives, achievements, and embittered battles of these two electricity pioneers in our latest infographic.
Environment
Interactive Transparency: America's Energy, Where It's From and How It's Used
With the full picture, the problems (wasted energy) and the potential solutions (more renewable energy) become more clear.
News
Transparency: The Most Dangerous Cities for Walking
Cities where pedestrians happily walk to their destinations instead of driving everywhere are our dream, but what if walking means taking your...
Cities
Submissions: Six-Word Motto for New Orleans
In our latest magazine, the New Orleans Issue, we asked readers to send us a six-word motto that captures New Orleans in this moment. Our goal...
Culture
Submissions: Take a Photo of Someone Doing Something Good
Last month, we asked you to take a photo of someone doing something good and send it to Lomography, our partner on this project. Your submissions...
Design
Treehotel: Sweden's Dreamlike Treehouse Fantasies
Sweden's imaginative hotel takes childhood dreams of the ultimate treehouse to new heights.
Lifestyle
Project: Redesign the Recipe
We think the standard text recipe can be improved. Help us inspire a new generation to cook with clear, simple, easy-to-understand graphic recipes.
Culture
Picture Show: Medieval Streets and Soviet Scars in Tallinn, Estonia
Stalin's Ghost: Ruled by foreigners for most of its history, Estonia has been independent since 1991, but Soviet scars remain on its walls.
Culture
Transparency: The Most Controversial Books in America
Every year, libraries are asked to remove books from their shelves, because they are found to be inappropriate. These "challenges" can occur...
GOOD Projects
Introducing Product of the People: Help Design a Bike Light
Help GOOD and Gotham Bicycle Defense Industries create what may well be the world's first piece of crowdsourced urban cycling gear.
Business
Transparency: How the World Feels About Green Brands
How is the trend of sustainable business developing around the world and which popular brands are at the forefront.
Business
Transparency: Which Countries Have the Most Vacation?
Did you take a vacation this summer? If you did, it was because your company generously allowed you a few paid vacation days. Unlike businesses...
Lifestyle
Transparency: The Most Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs
The pharmaceutical industry spends a lot of money marketing their newest psychiatric drugs to Americans. And we take a lot of them. In fact, in...
Environment
Transparency: America's Appetite for Energy
Which states are using the most energy? And which are using the most renewable energy? Our latest infographic examines U.S. energy use.
