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Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System

No one is attacking Washington, D.C.'s stagnant culture more boldly than Michelle Rhee, head of the city's failing schools. Is there a lesson here for our nation's leaders?

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How TerraCycle Plans to Take Over the Garbage Industry

Fast Interview: TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky talks about why eco-friendly products don't have to be expensive, his quest to corner the trash market, and why his wife performed in Carnegie Hall in a dress made from recycled juice pouches.

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Question: Will green energy stocks steadily grow and outpace traditional energy equities?

Answer: One can only hope. By investing in these "green" companies, our country can show politicians that it is time to get serious about investigating... | posted by Melissa Douros

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Question: Should the sale of tobacco in drugstores be banned?

Answer: Drugstores are supposed to sell products to improve health. It makes no sense for them to sell products that may kill the purchaser and people in... | posted by Kenneth Ellison

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Member Blogs

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Key Technologies for Evolving Sustainable Leadership

In my previous post on The evolution of sustainable leadership I wrote: ...

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Fund-Raising Idea

Hanh mitakuyapi. Hello my relatives. I was listening to NPR a couple of mornings ago and heard a story about a man challenging the incumbent for...

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A Glimpse of Our Future?

I came across two very different sources of fortune-telling this week. The first was the Border Governors’ Conference (BGC), held at Universal...

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Music From The Heart

I’ve been learning about “el sistema,” the Venezuelan music-training program that has been offered to over 300,000 impoverished Venezuelan...

FC Now Staff Blogs

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The Biggest Hack Exposed: How Safe is the Web Really?

Last week, the Department of Justice cracked the biggest case of credit card and identity theft in U.S. history. Oh, snap. Last Tuesday,...

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Does (RED) Hurt Philanthropy?

Let me first say that I believe that the (RED) program is great. It has done great things, raised a lot of money and awareness, but I have to ask if...

Member Comments

Blog Post: The Olympics in China and Authenticity

Comment: The question remains who is to blame for all of this. Granted, the Chinese government is the obvious culprit but how much is the public, both inside... | posted by member Andrew Wasmuth

Article: How TerraCycle Plans to Take Over the Garbage Industry

Comment: How do you get used juice pouches by partnering with the manufacturer? Capri Sun doesn't manage their product post-consumer. Are these just... | posted by member Susanna Schick