Scorned by stage actors and mocked by the theater-going upper classes, filmmakers nevertheless developed a bold new art form — but they needed better weather.
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Monopoly vs. the Magic Cape
Trust busting is a great idea. But would it be enough?
Posted inNonfiction
American Green
How did the plain green lawn become the central landscaping feature in America, and what is the ecological cost?
Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
Drought In Post-Apartheid Cape Town: An Interview with Eve Fairbanks
United in a common struggle, the drought has leveled the racially divided city’s physical and social barriers in profound ways.
Posted inNonfiction
A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story
Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.
Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story, Technology
We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning
Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
When Innovation Fails: Doing Hard Time in the Offender-Monitoring Business
When 3M, the Post-It Note manufacturer, began making electronic ankle monitors for corrections, it challenged the company’s long-heald philosophy about design and innovation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction
The End of the Line for New York City
Without a reliable subway system, the city “won’t die, but it will become a different place.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Accidental Music History: How Jeff Gold Saved Rare Iggy & the Stooges Recordings from the Dump
Sometimes this is how musical history gets saved.
Posted inBooks, Business, Business & Tech, Commentary, Current Events, Story, Uncategorized
Beyond Growth
Imagining an economy based in environmental reality
