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The Great American Apparel Diet: A Support Group for People Who Mindlessly Buy Too Many Clothes

Posted on: Nov 3, 2010, Source: On the Commons

TGAAD is a self-help group of mostly women and a few men who have decided to completely stop buying new clothes for a entire year.

The Couchsurfing Culture Is Spreading Across the Planet

Posted on: Jun 24, 2010, Source: On the Commons

Venturesome travelers are using the web to create an international gift economy of hospitality.

"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains

Posted on: Jun 29, 2009, Source: On the Commons

The digital communications apparatus is crowding out deeper relationships and more deliberative modes of thinking.

The Presidential Debates Are a Scam

Posted on: Oct 14, 2008, Source: OnTheCommons.org

Every four years, the two parties and news media collude in this PR spectacle. It's time for citizens to reclaim control.

Wall Street's Next Target: Roads and Bridges

Posted on: Sep 8, 2008, Source: OnTheCommons.org

The New York Times has jumped aboard the corporate cheering squad for the privatization of America's bridges and roads.

Why the Hype About Local Food May Be More than Just a Trend

Posted on: Aug 3, 2008, Source: OnTheCommons.org

It is tempting to dismiss locally grown food as just another elite fashion, but its merits may mean it will be a long-term phenomenon.

Who Owns the Sky?

Posted on: Mar 1, 2004, Source: In These Times

Even as our common resources are being given away, progressives are finding their own common ground as Americans begin to realize what 'we the people' actually own.