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Google searches on “register to vote” go crazy after Obama speech
Proving that President Obama is still a trend starter, after his speech at the Democratic National Convention, online searches for registering to vote doubled
Forget credentials & credit hours: Learn anything from anybody
A new online business, called SkillShare, wants us get over the idea that a college education is the only legitimate path to a career.
Internet blockades: coming soon to a country near you!
You’ve heard about the chaos in Egypt. Ordinary citizens got tired of their oppressive ruler and took to the streets. There are tanks in
Patch: Good news for neighborhoods, or local-news poacher?
When a school district repurposes a building, or a sandwich shop takes the political pulse of its neighborhood, is it news? Sure, especially
Don’t fix net neutrality. It isn’t broken.
The Federal Communications Commission voted a partisan 3-2 on network neutrality on December 21st, in what proponents consider an upset. The rules, a flimsy
10 most-read Occasional Planet posts of 2010
2010 has been the first calendar year for Occasional Planet’s eclectic, under-the-news-radar, occasionally-humorous-and-often-opinionated potpourri of mostly positive posts on progressive people, programs and ideas.
Progressive Poli- “clicks” debuts at Daily Kos
If negative advertising turns you off, but if you really would like people to know the facts that make a candidate look bad, Daily
Got a story? Pitch your idea to Spot.us.
Spot.us is a non-profit website aimed at inspiring civic journalism through “community powered reporting.” Spot.us partners the public with journalists to generate stories on
Information is beautiful
David McCandless loves pie. And he loves information, too. But he hates pie charts. So, he’s doing something about that. Calling himself a “data