Happy 239th, America! Here are some facts to help you feel patriotic! Now back to grilling and hanging out! Watch the video here.
This is one of the most interesting online interactive campaigns we’ve seen that aims to protect our planet Earth. Check out how The Climate Reality Project is creatively engaging people to sign petitions on whatilove.org.
Posted by GOOD community member, Jeff Oeth in Environment, Nature and Food
Infographic: The United Names of America
- Alessandra Rizzotti and Kate Slovin contributed in America, News and Transportation
This infographic is a collaboration between GOOD and Kate Slovin
Many cities in America share the same names, including street names. Most cities name streets after numbers, trees, or landscapes. Because it is common for city planners to name the first street of cities Main Street or in honor of a historical figure, like George Washington, the most common street name in the United States remains “2nd” (or “Second”) Street.
Many street names haven’t changed over the last two decades because it can create problems with deed registrations and mail delivery, and can be costly. Yet some new street names are popping up to honor more recent politicians and local heroes. For example, did you know three streets in Florida and one in California were renamed to honor President Barack Obama in 2009? Check out this infographic to see the five most popular city names and other popular street names, including some very unique ones.
Infographic: Do You Know Your Neighbor?
- GOOD HQ and Oliver Munday contributed in Culture, America and News
Being neighborly isn’t just giving a smile and nod to your neighbors when you see them on the street. It’s a way of life—a way to build a real social network that can connect you to hyper-local current events, political action, and groups you can join to make your community a better place to live and work. What are ways we can improve how we engage with our communities?
50 Alternate American Flags, Each A Secret Infographic
The design studio MGMT. hides telling data points inside their reimagined variations of the stars and stripes.
thanks for the find, Jenny
Next week, GOOD will release its map of the United States of GOOD Sandwiches, a curated list of the most culturally significant and locally-produced sammies across this great nation. In the meantime, we’re asking you to expand your stomachs even further: Help us design the ultimate national sandwich. We’re looking for the sandwich with the most American pedigree possible—a hand-held meal that draws from American culture both high and low and weds ingredients from states east, west and in-between. Make our sandwich eagle proud! Think sprout-covered hotdogs, Sriracha-drizzled cheesesteaks, and vegan, multi-grain Sloppy Joes. Then, let your sammy flag fly by downloading this wallpaper of a bald eagle preparing to ensnare a massive sandwich in its beak. For America.
the OBJECTIVE
Design the ultimate American sandwich.
As we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we have taken a look at the event—and the decade following—with an eye towards how it affected our culture.
Today, associate editor Nona Willis Aronowitz looks at how we cope with national tragedy. What do we get right, and what do we get wrong? Read her piece here.
We also have an essay from senior editorial designer, Dylan C. Lathrop, about his first kiss, which just happened to be on 9/11. Read about the adolescent fumbling here.
A lot of fearmongering in the media has Americans concerned that all our goods are imported from China. But is that really true? GOOD’s new business editor, Tim Fernholz, calls bullshit:
While Chinese goods seem ubiquitous, especially given America’s economic woes, the reality is that imports from the country are a relatively small part of the economy: A total of 88.5 percent of consumer spending in the United States is on items made here, with only 2.7 percent spent on “Made in China” goods, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco:
America’s economy has grown 60 percent in the past two decades. Workers’ salaries have not kept pace. We could all use a nice long summer vacation—too bad the U.S. doesn’t guarantee it.
A collaboration between GOOD and Column Five Media.
On the day of the big game, Joey Chestnut stepped up to the scale. He weighed in around 214 pounds. Ten minutes and 54 hot dogs later, Chestnut returned to the scales. He had just eaten the volume of a basketball and a third of the weight of a newborn Jersey cow. Doctors have found similar volumes of food in the stomachs of bulimics who ate themselves to death. What made Chestnut’s rapid weight gain so remarkable was not that he kept all 54 hot dogs down, but that he was still standing at all.
Deep Inside Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest - Food - GOOD
In our latest infographic, we explore the complex emotions surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Infographic: How Do Americans Feel About the Bin Laden Mission? - Culture - GOOD
Today is a strange day in American history, perhaps stranger than any we’ve had in the 21st century. On the one hand, we’re reminded of the greatness of the United States—not her perfection, mind you, but her greatness: Attack us, and no matter who you are, we will brush ourselves off and find you. Our arms are long and our memories are longer, and, once we have the right information, we have the ability to hunt down one of the most heavily guarded people in the world in a matter of eight months—less time than it takes to gestate a baby. Unlike George W. Bush’s premature declaration of “Mission Accomplished,” this really does feel like the conclusion of something, the shaking off of a burden. On the other hand, in many ways, today seems stridently un-American, too.
When You “Piss on Osama’s Grave,” You Make America Unexceptional - Culture - GOOD
Like most every compassionate world citizen today, our thoughts are with those in the southern United States, which has been ravaged by devastating tornadoes. Here’s a roundup of how you can help the thousands of families in need. We’ll be updating this throughout the day, so check back for more donation opportunities as they come.
Click through for ways to donate and help.
Where exactly do Americans align themselves with the question, “Is Islam more likely than other religions to promote violence among its believers?"
Infographic: How Do Americans Feel About Islam and Violence? - Culture - GOOD
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