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Culture
Check Out the Most Typical Face in the World
The most typical face in the world is that of a 28-year-old Chinese man.
Transparency
Transparency: The Rise of Atheism in America
America has always been a religious country. But a recent study finds that might be changing; The percent of the country who considers...
Technology
Samasource: Internet Jobs for the Marginalized
Leila Chirayath Janah, a friend of GOOD, recently launched a nonprofit venture called Samasource. Samasource aims to connect educated workers in...
Cities
Amazing Audio Portraits of New Yorkers
I strongly urge to check out The New York Times fascinating and moving audio/photo series called "One in 8 Million," focused on some of the more...
News
It's Time "Person of the Year" Time (Big Ben)
That's right, Time's person of the year for 2009 is Ben Bernanke, the "mild-mannered man who runs the Federal Reserve and prevented an economic...
Issue 012
Section 3, Pew 16
GOOD and Heavy Meta look at attendance at megachurches and football games in five states.
The Community Board
How do you get over $4 million worth of innovation for a mere 20 grand?
The City of New York opened 170 data sets from 30 agencies to app developers and offered the carrot of $20,000 in prizes in the hopes of spurring...
Lifestyle
The United States Is a Food Wasteland
We throw away enough food to feed the entire world. A new book tries to find a solution. When it comes to food, Americans are the undisputed...
Technology
Going de Grey
How will living forever change our lives? How long do you think you'll be around for? Ninety years? One hundred and twenty? Aubrey de Grey, a...
The Community Board
What is The World Flag!
The World Flag was created in 1988 to raise global awareness, inspire innovative solutions and promote action toward challenges facing our world...
The Community Board
Be Lucky - It's An Easy Skill To Learn
(Via Richard Wiseman at The Telegraph) A decade ago, I set out to investigate luck. I wanted to examine the impact on people's lives of chance...
Business
Diary of a Social Venture Start-up: Notes From the Feast
Here's a riddle: What do a techie, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, an innovative Danish edcuator, and a 24-year-old athletic director...
A Heartwarming Work of Edifying Genius
Valentino Deng, the central figure in Dave Eggers's What Is the What, is turning the dream of education into a reality for Sudanese...
Issue 013
Seeking Refuge
Wars, famine, and natural disasters are just a few of the reasons people are forced to leave their homes and flee their countries. Around the...
Culture
At Toronto's Human Library You Check Out People, Not Books
Inspired by "living libraries" around the world, Toronto's Human Library allows you to check out a person for 30 minutes and "read" their life story.
Design
Taste Slowly
Last month on Governor's Island in New York, Droog's design festival, Pioneers of Change, featured an interesting take on a pop-up restaurant,...
The Community Board
Who knew Bob Barker was an animal activist?
A clash off Antarctica between a Japanese whaler and a boat from a protest group partly bankrolled by former TV game show host Bob Barker left the...
Issue 004
Bono: When Did He Get Into This Stuff?
View Bono: When Did He Get Into This Stuff?.
