LIFE
Looking a half-century into the future, a maverick businessman warns that America may fall apart as a nation. He believes the U.S. can avoid this fate--but that it will require some radical steps right now.
Risking her life, Mukhtar Mai envisions a better future for women
As George W. Bush promotes his corporate-controlled vision of an "ownership society," other observers explore what a true ownership society would look like.
Without Africa's wealth and resources, the West would not have prospered. A conversation on the Western debt to Africa.
A sense of fun is your best strategy for changing the world
The rising stinginess of intellectual property rights has sparked a creative response: open source.
The rising stinginess of intellectual property rights has sparked a creative response: open source.
Rob Brezsny has been diagnosed with pronoia--the opposite of paranoia. He sees a conspiracy of goodness in the world and invites you to become co-conspirator.
The richer we get, the fewer possessions we have. A contradiction? Futurist Jeremy Rifkin predicts that owning things is quickly becoming outmoded. Access and use are the key words for tomorrow's economy.
NEWS & MEDIA
New graphic novel paints daily life under North Korea's dictatorship
BUSINESS
Urtekram, the Danish pioneer in organic food and natural-care products, has nothing to hide. The company considers it the most normal thing in the world to do good things in the world.
There are no limits to ownership
HEALTH
What should you think about the new research linking soy products to cancer and other health risks?
SCIENCE
Ranjana Mitra founded Share-IT, which keeps used computers out of the waste stream by refurbishing them and donating them to poor families. Launched in Toronto in 2004, Share-IT has so far given away more than 75 complete computer systems and kept 23,000 pounds of electronic waste out of landfills, where components can leach mercury, lead and other toxins into the environment. At the end of its lifespan, equipment returns to Share-IT for safe recycling or disposal. Mitra grew up in Calcutta, India, where she watched her grandmother collect scrap metal and other reusables.
Light pollution is more than an aesthetic problem
The United States presidential elections are tomorrow. more
