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Twelve Ways to 'Occupy' Black Friday

The most cynical day in American culture is upon us again.

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A Collective, Positive Response to Black Friday

Instead of focusing on what not to do, Block Friday was created to be a reminder to make intentional actions on this day.

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This Black Friday, Businesses Can Choose to Help Sandy Victims

Sandy Friday is a national campaign that asks for donations from individuals and business owners on Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Instead of Black Friday or Buy Nothing, Make Something Today

Six easy DIY projects to tackle the day after Thanksgiving.

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Americans Spend More in the Search for Happiness—And It's Not Working

“We end up after the recession at a higher spending rate than we were at previously because we feel like we have to make up for lost time.”

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Just So You Know: Black Friday Is Not the Biggest Shopping Day of the Year

If you feel like you have to participate in the biggest shopping day of the year, just know that it is not, contrary to popular belief, Black Friday.

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Buy Nothing Day Is Here—Join a Whirlmart Near You to Celebrate Buy Nothing Day: Another Approach to Black Friday

The 8th annual Buy Nothing Day is here with creative calls to supplant shopping trips with community, parades, and empty shopping cart meet-ups.

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Stop Shopping, Start Hearing on the National Day of Listening

StoryCorps's National Day of Listening broadcasts dialogues between regular folks as a rejoinder to the loud consumer chaos of Black Friday.

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What is Canadian Thanksgiving, Anyway?

Everything you ever wanted to know about the mysterious holiday known as Canadian Thanksgiving, from a Canadian, on Thanksgiving.