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Check out Andrea’s December post for more on the UK protests. The UK is in the throes of the largest student movement this country has…
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At the same time that protests have erupted all over France regarding national cutbacks of the country’s historic social safety net, there is a local…
I spent a good portion of my childhood and college years in Paris and during that time, I spent many a day with my friends…
More than any other city I’ve been to, Berlin is the closest thing in my mind to what a city “built for the people” looks…
A few weeks ago, Aiyana Stanley Jones was killed by the Detroit police, who raided her home while she was sleeping. The incident passed the…
This Mothers’ Day I would like to pay special tribute to (you Mom, of course), but also to the women known as Las Madres de…
When thinking about urban environmental repair, there is perhaps no better place to start than in what may seem to be the most unlikely of…
I recently received a kick-ass comment from a friend of mine named Stuart Murphy. He had some insight to share on the development of the…
Plan for London Olympics 2012 Village Photo: ecofriend.org In 2012, London will be hosting the Summer Olympics, “the greenest games to date” according to the…
I recently attended a public lecture given by Andrew Simms, the Policy Director of the new economics foundation, a UK-based think tank that develops new…
Five months ago, Brixton, one of the coolest areas of London, adopted its own currency, shown on the right below – the Brixton pound. (scroll…
From 2006 to 2008, at the tiny age of 22, Ashok Kumar served as a Supervisor of Dane County, in Madison, Wisconsin. He was endorsed…