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Water Wheels: Syria's Symbols of Protest
In a new era of violence and protest, the ancient wheels have taken on renewed significance.
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What the United States Can Learn from Egypt About Democracy
Egyptians seem to be enjoying democracy more than Americans have for a long time.
Education
The Three Most Important Questions in Education
Educator and writer Sam Chaltain shares some revolutionary ideas about learning and freedom in his recent TedxSinCity talk.
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Going Gaddafi: Seven African Nations that Are Ripe for Revolution
With a dozen African countries on the brink of elections, we assess which are most likely to see a popular revolt.
Education
Wisconsin Students Planning School Walkout to Protest End of Collective Bargaining
Students are responding to Scott Walker's plan to end collective bargaining by planning a school walkout—and they want it to go national.
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Big Ideas from TED 2011: Keeping the Internet Safe for Activists
A great battle for the power of the internet is being waged by autocrats and democractic movements. One company is trying to sway the balance.
Education
That Plan to Close Half of Detroit's Schools? It's Really Happening
Paging Eminem: Michigan just approved the insane plan to shut schools and raise class sizes in the Motor City to 60 students.
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Listen to Voicemails to the World from the Egyptian Protesters
With no internet service, protesters are getting messages of determination and desperation out to the world through voice to tweet tech. Listen here.
The Community Board
Approval Voting: Simple and Effective
Many voters whine and complain that the system is terrible. Yet, they continue to encourage a 98% incumbency rate. Part of the issue is vote...
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Can a Violent Military Regime Become a Democracy ... This Year?
It’s been 20 years since an election has been held in Burma. In the last election, in 1990, the lifelong pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu...
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Crowdsourcing Refugee Resettlement—What's Your Idea?
Even after getting arrested and suffering a narrow brush with deportation, Samy is still hiding out in the bustling Thai city of Chiang Mai....
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Would You Give Your Vote?
The unusual way in which Afghans, Ghanaians, and Bangladeshis get to vote in the U.K. elections.As a British citizen, I remember watching the...
The Community Board
The Democratization of Philanthropy: GivingTurtle.org
What (or whom) do you associate with philanthropy? Rockefeller and Carnegie immediately come to mind. More recently, I would think of Gates. To be...
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What Does Yesterday's Supreme Court Corporate Spending Decision Mean for the Environment?
Following up on Andrew's post yesterday, I want to drill down on what impact this decision will have specifically on environmental issues and our...
The Community Board
Creative Public Consulting Firms: The key to development
A civic minded public integrating a diverse range of issues and interests with local and national governments is vital for progress. The...
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Education Leads to Stable Democracies
Why has Argentina been unable to sustain a democracy? Why has establishing Iraq's been particularly dicey? According to the Harvard economist...
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The GOOD 100: Data.gov
Digital Democracy Numerous times since January, the Obama administration has found that making promises about governmental transparency is a...
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Vote to Support a Social Enterprise Startup!
I am writing to ask you all to support PublicStuff, a social enterprise start-up that I am launching this year with the help of some other great...
