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America's Public Schools: Still Unequal And Unjust

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.08.2012

Marian Wright Edelman

The struggle to make sure a quality education is available to every child -- and not just a privilege for a few -- is the unfinished and critical business before the nation for it will determine America's future place on the global stage in a rapidly changing competitive world.

Michael Klare's The Race for What's Left

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 06.02.2012

Lawrence Wittner

Is it possible to cope with the immense dangers posed by the rapid consumption of the world's resources? In The Race for What's Left, Michael Klare claims that it is -- but only through a significant change in behavior.

5 Scientists (and Dr. Oz) Make Clean Air Sense

Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.07.2012

Ronnie Citron-Fink

Scientists know that stripping the EPA of its ability to protect our children against environmental pollutants means more asthma attacks, more respiratory illnesses and disease, and more premature deaths.

The Clash Of The Generations: 'Boomers' Vs. 'Millennials'

www.theatlantic.com | Posted 12.20.2011

GREAT FALLS, Va.--Economist and demographer Neil Howe sells himself as an expert on generations. He argues that when people are born determines the cu...

Why Time Seems To Slow Down

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.13.2011

Art Markman, Ph.D.

Time is a precious resource. The greater your sense of entitlement, the more that you want to avoid wasting resources. So the more entitled you feel, the more pain you have when your time is wasted.

Carbon Nation: Meet the Crazy Alaskan

Bernie Karl | Posted 05.25.2011

Bernie Karl

In case you haven't seen Carbon Nation yet, I'm the guy they call the crazy Alaskan. Who am I? I'm the sixth of 16 children born to the same mom and dad. Let's just say that I know a thing or two about competing for resources.

"Do You Really Like Living Here?" A Foreigner's Perspective on Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jared Braiterman

(This article originally appeared in Newsweek Japan on October 28, 2010 in Japanese) "Do you really like living in Tokyo?" is a question I am often a...

Ending World Hunger for the Price of a Burger

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephan B. Tanda

While world coffers grew from a mere $1.35 trillion dollars in 1960 to over $60 trillion today, the number of empty stomach reached record levels. Tod...

An Equinox Prescription for Love, This Autumn

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

As we progress through Autumn's Season of Plenty, let us do so more consciously than ever before, rediscovering fall as one of four portals to a healthier, more vibrantly loving relationship with life.

Fresh Talking Point: Poor Afghanistan, They're Rich!

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Mull

The Afghan minerals report isn't some everyday propaganda trying pitifully to sell a trillion dollar debt-war to a nation of unemployed. This is a very specific talking point explicitly targeting the foreign policy community

Consumerism: The Less We Take, The More We Become

George Elerick | Posted 05.25.2011

George Elerick

We need a self-subversion party where we all get together across the country and find ways to encourage and empower one another to truly and honestly remove the things we don't need and then give those things to the people who have nothing. Maybe we can start one today.

Life Is Not a Zero-Sum Game

Anat Shenker-Osorio | Posted 05.25.2011

Anat Shenker-Osorio

The belief that we are all competing with each other for scarce resources, that life is by nature a zero-sum game, ignores critical truths that rightly deserve the designation of "natural law."

Canada's Trifecta Win: Dollar, Stocks, Commodities

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Diane Francis

Commodities, the Canadian dollar and Toronto Stock Exchange are headed onward and upward despite the world economy appearing to be only halfway through this Great Recession.

Why Ostrom's Nobel Is Even More Shocking Than Obama's

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Randall Amster

Make no mistake, despite the somewhat tame Nobel committee description, Ostrom's body of work is inherently radical, demonstrably anti-corporate, and implicitly socialistic.

Helicopter Shortage Puts Green Berets At Risk In Afghanistan, Pakistan: Newsweek

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball | Posted 05.25.2011

Some U.S. special forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan may be at higher risk than usual of injury and death because the Pentagon has not equipped their ...

Contraconception

Paula Gordon | Posted 11.17.2011

Paula Gordon

A tightly held secret is being kept from today's young people. Not having children can be great!

Energy Efficiency vs. Neoliberal Economics

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

David Roberts

We have a problem -- the deterioration of the atmosphere -- that presents us with great urgency, and a solution -- resource intelligence -- that requires our active intervention.

Balancing Giving and Receiving

John Morton | Posted 11.17.2011

John Morton

Giving and receiving coexist. They're polarities on the same continuum. One requires the other in order for either to occur. Often they occur in cycles.

The Real Roots of the Financial Crisis

Brian Whetten | Posted 11.17.2011

Brian Whetten

We've pointed a lot of fingers at a lot of targets, including bankers, regulators, and homeowners. But none of these explanations speak to the deeper roots of the crisis.

Negawatts and Negabeds

Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher, and Amory Lovins | Posted 05.25.2011

Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher, and Amory Lovins

If we want to achieve our ends with fewer resources, then why do we create market structures that link profits directly to volume?

Next Administration Must Address Conflict in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Georgianne Nienaber

The humanitarian crisis in Congo has worsened, with tens if not hundreds of thousands of people displaced. It is time for world leaders to take on this issue and contribute to bringing an end to the conflict.