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Change

The Defining Moment, and Hillary Clinton 2016

If Hillary Clinton is to get the mandate she needs for America to get back on track, she will have to be clear with the American people about what is happening and why—and what must be done.

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Eat & Drink

How to Make 6 Figures on 1.5 Acres

Jean-Martin Fortier’s farm sells $140,000 of food on an acre and a half. Now he wants to help others do the same.

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Change

The 3 Myths Blinding Us to the Economic Truth

Rubbish. Baloney. Wrong. The three biggest economic myths blinding us to the truth.

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See

2015: Never Too Late for Electric Cars

Props: Washington, Hawaii, California, and Oregon take four of the top five spots in EV market share among states. Behold: this year’s lineup of new electric cars available in the US.

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Change

Rising Seas: Make it Bountiful

Rising seas are coming. This design challenge asks: Why not make it bountiful?

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Eat & Drink

Youth Development Through Food

What if there was a place where young people could learn cooking skills, along with the softer skills of showing up on time and working in teams? There is. It’s called The Portland Kitchen. And their success is reproducible.

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Reflect

Back to the Nineteenth Century

We seem to be heading full speed back to the late nineteenth century. It was also a time of great wealth for a few and squalor for many. And of corruption, as the lackeys of robber barons deposited sacks of cash on the desks of pliant legislators.

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Change

America’s Deeper Issue: Why the South Still Struggles with Racism and Inequality

Slavery didn’t derange Southerners. Slavery was recruited to perpetuate their worldview, and that worldview is still with us.