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Zero-Packaging Grocery Store to Open in Austin, Texas
Hold the packaging: Austin, Texas will get the country's first "package-free, zero waste grocery store" this fall.
Cities
I Am Here: Billboards Against Homelessness
Panhandling's major deficiency is that it rarely supplies passersby with enough information to want to give money. A person is suffering, but who...
Education
Texas to Layoff 100,000 Teachers While Giving Millions to Formula One Racing
The Lone Star State plans to fund a race track instead of schools. Really.
Business
Hate Your Bank? Try Austin's Mango
Mango was developed to provide financial services to the poor, but it might be the future for all those who are sick of banking as usual.
News
Nominate Innovators to Interview on the New Edge of Progress Tour
In two weeks, GOOD is going on a wild cross-country trip to meet some of the most interesting innovators in the country. Tell us who they should be.
Education
Texas Gutting Education But Spending $4 Billion to Widen 28-Mile Highway
The Lone Star State: Still not convinced that schools need money.
News
Edge of Progress Tour: Meet Your Tour Guide
Before we kick off this epic Edge of Progress road trip, meet MacKenzie Fegan, who will be taking you across the country.
Cities
Submissions: Create a Local's Guide to Your City
We asked you to create a guide to your city to highlight the special places out-of-towners often miss.
Design
The Edge of Progress Tour: Ephemeral Sculptures and Sustainable Building in Austin
In Austin, GOOD's MacKenzie Fegan met an artist working on a series of ephemeral sculptures and an architect at the forefront of sustainable design.
Cities
Visiting Austin's Giant Solar SunFlowers
On our way out of Austin, we stopped at SunFlowers, the city's largest public art installation.
News
The Route of the Edge of Progress Tour
There it is. All 3,888 miles of it. We roll out on Monday and we'll be in San Francisco on November 9. See you along the way.
News
The Edge of Progress Tour Comes to a Close
Stella and I said our teary goodbyes today.
News
The Edge of Progress Tour Begins
I'm driving across the country on the Edge of Progress tour-in partnership with the new Ford Edge. Check out the entire journey.
News
The Edge of Progress Tour: Week One in Video
From New York to Chicago to St. Louis to Memphis to Dallas to Austin: This is the first week of the Edge of Progress Tour in video.
News
The Edge of Progress Edge, Day Nine
While Stella can't vote, she did show up at the polls in Austin, Texas, today.
News
Outtakes: The Edge of Progress Tour, Week Two
Our second week on the Edge of Progress tour was all about the Southwest as we drove through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The Community Board
Philanthropist: Dirtiest word in town.
Philanthropist. Just look at the word. Looks fancy. Just picture it… ball gowns, clinking cocktails, diamonds, furs, hobnobbing,...
Lifestyle
This Donut Is Bigger Than Your Head
Everything is bigger in Texas, even the donuts.
