The Frist Filibuster Hits Washington
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Social Justice
Princeton’s student protest leaves the campus.
A Concrete Idea: Raising New Roofs
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Social Justice, Tech
Whether it’s for disaster relief or relief from urban sprawl, these housing designers have ingenuity nailed down.
Best in Class
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Business, Social Justice
Business-school rankings often address how much graduates earn. But two nonprofits, the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute, assess M.B.A. programs by their commitment to social responsibility instead. Here are some of the progressive schools that ranked highest this year.
Victoria’s Dirty Secret: Paper War
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Business, Social Justice
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Environmentalists take on Victoria’s Secret for mailing more than one million catalogs a day.
Katrina Report: What Went Wrong
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Social Justice
In a 520-page study titled A Failure of Initiative, a congressional committee last week issued the findings of its five-month investigation into the government’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina.
Trying to Make A Decent Living
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Business, Social Justice
While some janitors struggle to get by, others are climbing into the middle class. Behind the new battle over America’s low-wage workers.
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Katrina Mea Culpa
Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by JC in Social Justice
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a 6,113-page report last week to explain why its hurricane-protection system in Louisiana failed during Katrina. In brief, here’s what it said: Why did the levee system fail? The Corps’s system suffered from faulty design that was based on outdated scientific data.
How the Minimum Wage May Pay Off for Dems
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by JC in Business, Social Justice
In six states where minimum wage initiatives are on the ballot, pocketbook politics could help swing the vote.
Cause of Death: Sloppy Doctors
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by JC in Social Justice, Tech
Physicians’ bad handwriting kills more than 7,000 people a year. A new program hopes to save lives by getting doctors off prescription pads and onto computers.
Louisiana’s Chopped Forest
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by JC in Business, Social Justice
Isn’t Louisiana susceptible enough to natural disasters? Now, 18 months after Katrina, it turns out that some of the state’s coastal cypress forests, which help protect against storm surges by absorbing excess wind and water, are being clear-cut to make mulch, the soil stabilizer found in many gardens.
Trying to Make A Decent Living
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by JC in Business, Social Justice
While some janitors struggle to get by, others are climbing into the middle class. Behind the new battle over America’s low-wage workers.
New Ways to Make a Difference
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by JC in Recent, Social Justice, Tech
If you’ve got at least five minutes, five dollars or five friends, here are some ways to do some good.
Microfinance Still Hums, Despite Global Financial Crisis
Posted on 03. Dec, 2008 by JC in Business, Interview, Social Justice
The CEO of Women’s World Banking, the largest network of microfinance institutions, talks about the credit crisis and how it will effect the world’s poorest entrepreneurs.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Reporting From a Divided Nation
Posted on 09. Jul, 2008 by JC in Interview, Multimedia, Social Justice
Barbara Ehrenreich
Social critic Barbara Ehrenreich has written about living as a low-wage worker ( Nickel and Dimed ) and looking for a white-collar job ( Bait and Switch ). She spoke recently with TIME’s Jeremy Caplan about her new book, This Land is Your Land: Reports from a Divided Nation.
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The Citizen Watchdogs of Web 2.0
Posted on 30. Jun, 2008 by JC in Social Justice, Tech
The Internet isn’t just transforming presidential campaigns. It’s enabling all of us to monitor the legislative process.
