November-December 2008
Keeping Kids Out of Adult Prisons
The route to a law that will help keep kids out of adult prisons.
Pop Music and Advertising Share Close Relationship
A Miller-McCune interview with Bethany Klein of the University of Leeds, who's researching the increasingly close relationship between pop music and Madison Avenue.
Wonking Class Hero — Inventing for Peanuts
Jock Brandis invented a low-cost, people-powered peanut sheller that could raise millions out of poverty around the world. Now, if someone would just come up with the money to distribute it.
Making Pyramids Out of Toxic Waste
A respected geochemical engineer proposes a new way to deal with toxic waste: Make it into shrines that people can work, shop and even live on.
Helping U.S. Businesses Find Global Customers
Pepperdine University marketing professor Roy Adler helps U.S. businesses take some of the guesswork out of finding customers around the world.
Songs and Ads: Ten Infamous Examples
Here's 10 examples of songs turned into ads, all influential, some successful.
Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
There's a movement to restore voting rights to felons who've served their time. Whether you're for or against it likely depends on whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.
Pushing Americans to Save for Retirement
Two new proposals look to greatly increase the number of people who have adequate retirement plans, one by encouraging workers to save and the other by requiring them to.
Vancouver's Safe Environment for Drug Addicts
Faced with a horrific drug problem, Vancouver is trying a radical experiment: Let junkies be junkies.
Gambling on Gary
If we're going to rescue Wall Street, let's bail out the industrial Midwest, too.
The New College Try
Gritty Hammond, Ind., and 80 other cities in decline have a novel approach to economic development: They're attracting new residents by offering to pay for their children to attend college. But is a promise to pay tuition a growth strategy — or welfare for the middle class?
How to B Good
B Lab wants to separate companies that merely claim they are responsible from those that actually do good in the world. But can a logo really change the way America does business?
Documentary Warns Against U.S. Fiscal Policies
A documentary film warns that America's fiscal policies are a looming disaster as Wall Street melts down in real time.
We Get Letters — Port Barrel Spending
A reader wonders whether Port of Anchorage project has earmarks of a boondoggle.
Monkey Spit Coffee, Fly Tipping and Eco-Boutiques
Coffee can be good for you. But what about monkey spit?