The legalize marijuana movement sometimes seems to have a hard time, um, like what was I saying? Oh yeah, explaining their arguments for decriminalization, man. But don't forget that there have been some fairly significant victories over the past month. ...
If the chart above is giving you flashbacks to your last roundtable, chances are you've been blamed for something before. Was it your fault? Doesn't matter. Others in the room are likely to start feeling angry and defensive. Arguing is likely to break ...
The hidden cost of overeating on Thanksgiving isn't just an expanding waistline; it's fatter carbon footprint, too. Studies show that most groceries travel about 1,500 miles from the farm to store shelves. The same distance covered by your average car ...
Perhaps the biggest problem with parsing our country's recent economic struggles is that we are still thinking comparatively. Just about everyone seems to be taking a shot at mapping the downturn, but mostly in state-by-state snapshots. That has ...
The once starving artists of homespun craft marketplace Etsy.com have officially achieved mogul status. Last month, the site posted $133.1 million in annual sales--all before the holiday rush. (Would it be bragging to say we saw this coming?) At a ...
School performance shouldn't be handed out based solely on kids' test scores, according to "Laggards and Leaders," an annual report that was started two years ago by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Center for American Progress, and Frederick M. Hess ...
Although Electric Vehicles will finally roll off the lot sometime next year, the biggest question still remains: In case of an unexpected detour, just where the heck are you supposed to plug in your Nissan Leaf? So far, congress has been too gridlocked ...
This holiday season Virgin America has announced a plan to reward travelers who save the stuffing for their turkeys rather than their carry-on bags. But you'll need a few extra skills to get where you're going without breaking your budget or ditching ...
For the study, 91 smokers were divided into two groups. One chased phantasmal smokes; the other was a control that went after imaginary blue balls like Labrador Retrievers. After 12 weeks of gaming and going to support-group meetings, about 15% of the ...
The next time you're feeling frisky, consider the global job market. The World Watch Institute gave Fastcompany.com a peek at the statistics from its new pay-per-view database, which stands to become a catchall for anyone interested in parsing ...
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