Myth

Homelessness Myth #1: "Get a Job!"

Christine Schanes | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Christine Schanes

"Get a job!" is an easy expression to say. However, for some homeless people, getting a job is an impossible dream.

Diamonds Are a God's Best Friend

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Jeff Schweitzer

Diamonds are not rare. Diamonds are not valuable. Diamonds are not naturally in demand. But the big diamond scam is child's play compared to the biggest PR success of all time: religion.

Debunking the Entrepreneurship Myth

Krisztina Holly | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business


Krisztina Holly

My colleagues and I decided to investigate the folklore of entrepreneurship, and ended up debunking some of the more pervasive myths surrounding it.

Darfur: Media, Myth, and Attic Fire

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 12.25.2008 | World


Ashley Rindsberg

Even with availability of relief in the form of foodstuff, medicine, and fresh water, people in Darfur are dying -- being murdered -- on a scale never before seen in that region.

Myth America

Diana Meehan | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Diana Meehan

The narrative McCain promotes is a well-known myth of the American West: small town is threatened by outsiders from the Eastern establishment, corrupt and dangerous outlaws and craven townspeople.