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Enough about me: What do you think about me?

There’s an unbelievable ad for Columbia’s School of General Studies in the latest New Yorker magazine. It starts with the header: “I had a hunch there was more to it.” Then, there’s a note written on lined paper: “My life has been one of proud accomplishments — from my success as a business owner on […]

Another salmonella egg recall from a DeCoster-related company

He's ba-ack! In fact, he never went away. Most of Jack DeCoster's Iowa egg operations still can't sell fresh eggs to the public, but that hasn't prevented his Ohio operation from getting embroiled in another salmonella recall.

Friday music blogging: Best Coast

Best Coast is a Los Angeles indie trio that's gotten all sorts of hype over the last year. After a series of singles, EPs, and videos, their debut LP Crazy For You came out in July. The sound is pretty much a perfect storm of things that are hip these days: low-fi, echoing drone, chiming surf rock guitars, and sugary sweet, lovestruck sha-na-na vocals from frontwoman Bethany Cosentino (every indie kid's latest crush).

How automobiles make our streets less livable [VIDEO]

Sure, you know who Jane Jacobs is. But have you ever heard of Donald Appleyard? In his pioneering book Livable Streets, Appleyard documented how cars destroy a sense of neighborhood. A new video brings his research back to life.

Grist needs a T-shirt slogan

Dearest readers, help us come up with a slogan for our 2011 T-shirt! Comment on this post with your wittiest suggestions. The Grist staff will select our two favorite slogans and then, you, our beloved audience, will vote on the winner. The author of the winning slogan will receive eternal fame and glory as well as a free T-shirt!

Top of the Article Page Cleanup

Among a few site changes introduced yesterday, we rolled out a small refresh of the top of our articles.  It provides a cleaner, easier experience for sharing and retweeting articles — we hope you enjoy it.  Coming soon and throughout the year,  look for improvements in the facebook sharing mechanism, and further streamlining on these […]

Prop 26′s dirty backers flee from political poison of Prop 23

Millions of dollars are pouring into California's Prop 26, a fail-safe for the possibility that the pro-pollution Prop 23 fails.

Friday music blogging: Black Mountain again

Vancouver-based psych rock band Black Mountain has gotten the FMB treatment before, but their latest album is so monstrously, mind-blowingly good they've earned a second go-round.

Friday music blogging: Jenny & Johnny

If there's any dreamy chanteuse that indie boys crush on more than She & Him's Zooey Deschanel, it's Jenny Lewis, late of Rilo Kiley and more recently of a string of critically beloved solo albums. Now she's out with a new album, a collaboration with her boyfriend Johnathan Rice (also a solo artist) under the moniker Jenny & Johnny. It's called I'm Having Fun Now.

Water for a Wife

In parts of the West African nation of Ghana, water has become so scarce that young women ask suitors about the distance to sources of clean water in their communities before accepting marriage proposals. Where water is hard to find, food is also often scarce, so girls are interrogating potential husbands about their ability to […]