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GOOD Idea for Cities: Re-Energizing a Neighborhood's Pride

An update from Dallas: The Elmwood Neighborhood Revitalization team works with a local community to create a renewed sense of vibrancy in its streets.

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Which Cities Are Most Ready for Electric Vehicles? You May Be Surprised

Dallas and Memphis are better equipped than San Francisco and Seattle, according to EV software maker Xatori.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Encouraging Small Businesses

Vacant storefronts keep a healthy block from feeling complete. How to bring small, local business activity to these under-utilized commercial spaces?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities Is Coming to Dallas and New Orleans

We're looking for creatives in Dallas and New Orleans to work with local urban leaders and present solutions for civic challenges.

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Texas Gutting Education But Spending $4 Billion to Widen 28-Mile Highway

The Lone Star State: Still not convinced that schools need money.

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“The Modern Educator Is Not a Teacher”: Updating Learning for the 21st Century

Classrooms operate almost the same way they did 100 years ago. A group of of middle schoolers from the Dallas-Fort Worth area want to change that.

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Super Bowls (and Other Major Sporting Events) Are Terrible for Homeless People

The city of Dallas threatened its homeless with arrest if they frequented places close to Super Bowl events. This sort of thing happens a lot.

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How Pickle Juice Changed the World of Sports: Food Innovations From the Football Field

Pickle juice is one of football’s enigmatic contributions to science.

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College Admissions and Affirmative Action: In Texas it's Still Legal

A court says the University of Texas at Austin can consider race as an admissions factor. With college admission so competitive, are they right?

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The Edge of Progress Tour: Week One in Video

From New York to Chicago to St. Louis to Memphis to Dallas to Austin: This is the first week of the Edge of Progress Tour in video.

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Saving Money by Cutting Traffic

America is known for its car culture-but we haven't designed our daily commutes from home to work (and back) to be easy. In fact, they're...

Transparency: Is New Airport Security Causing Flight Delays?

The attempted bombing of Northwest flight 253 on Christmas Day has resulted in increased security procedures at airports around the country....