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Capital Stupidity: The Death Penalty Costs California $300 Million Per Execution
Not only is the death penalty racist, classist, and ultra-violent, a new study says it's tremendously wasteful, too.
Culture
Homeschool: How to Get Your Finances in Order
You can't control those reckless banks and free-borrowing governments, but you can get your own budget in order. Here's how.
News
What a Mess: $6.6 Billion in Cash Presumed Lost in Iraq
As America's economy continues to flag, it might infuriate you to know that we're literally losing billions in a far-off desert.
Education
Adults Who Participated in High School Extracurricular Activities Earn More Money
Don't be embarrassed if you went to band camp. It turns out being in clubs raises future earnings by almost 12 percent.
Business
Breaking Bread: Panera's Pay-What-You-Want Model Is Thriving
The Panera CEO reports that his free cafés are thriving in spite of naysaying and a horrible economy.
Culture
How Could You Save $10 Dollars a Day? The Community Answers
Culture
Rich Americans Are Far Richer Than Rich Foreigners
If you thought America's rich were doing well for America, try comparing them to France and Germany's rich.
Education
Can Andre Agassi and a Team of Investment Bankers Improve Education (and Turn a Profit)?
The tennis legend is launching a for-profit venture that hopes to leverage $750 million in assets to build 75 charter schools nationwide.
Education
Education Reform? Student Activists Are Doing It Themselves
While debates about education policy rage on in Washington, D.C. many students are taking matters into their own hands.
Education
Lumni: Investing in College Students as If They Were Companies
Social enterprise Lumni makes paying for college a collective investment instead of an individual one.
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How Did America's $14 Trillion Debt Happen? Tax Cuts and War
As it turns out, Bush-era tax cuts and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq account for more than half of America's total public debt.
Education
College Majors and Cash: Follow the Money or Your Dreams?
If engineering majors make almost twice what the average liberal arts major earns, should everybody just become engineers?
Culture
This Woman Is Pretending to Be Poor for Art
The playing poor trend is now an art project. Meet Tania Bruguera, who's becoming an illegal immigrant for a year.
Education
Is American Idol Making Kids Less Interested in Singing?
Some argue the show's competitive nature discourages kids from getting involved. But the problem might be much bigger than that.
Culture
Why America Doesn't Need Its Own Space Missions
Today the space shuttle Endeavour is making its final liftoff. Here's why that shouldn't sadden you a bit.
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U.S. Freeing Up Gaddafi's Billions for Libya's Rebels
As the fighting continues in Libya, Secretary Clinton prepares to bolster the rebel efforts with cash seized from Gaddafi.
Culture
The New Dinosaur: Why I'm Not on Facebook, and Why You Shouldn't Be Either
The world's favorite social networking site doesn't have your best interests in mind. Quit it like I did.
Education
Five Categories Jeopardy! Should Avoid During Its "Teachers Tournament"
The popular quiz show wants to honor teachers. To help them out, here are five sensitive subjects the question writers should avoid.
