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Inside an African Outdoor Market

By Dave • Dec 26, 2013 • No comments

Outdoor markets are busy, colorful, and confusing. In Ghana there are markets that sprawl for miles, serve millions of people,…

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Community Supported Agriculture: a survey of ideas

By Dave • Dec 21, 2013 • No comments

A Complex Solution The nonprofit world is a mixed conglomeration of scattered players: large, publicly-funded foundations research problems and provide substantive…

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Three different approaches to foreign aid

By Dave • Dec 21, 2013 • No comments

While preparing for a research trip to Ghana, our class read and debated three different takes on aid: Jeffrey Sachs,…

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What’s wrong with our approach to terrorism?

By Dave • Dec 20, 2013 • No comments

When we respond to violence by treating an entire group of people as potential enemies, we accomplish the direct purpose behind the attacks.

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Architecture School Builds $20,000 Homes for Local Residents

By Dave • Dec 5, 2013 • No comments

For many rural Alabama residents, home ownership is an impossible dream, but faculty advisor Sam Mockbee and his talented student team are making it possible by designing and building $20,000 homes.

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$20 Bicycle Brings Mobility to the Urban Masses

By Dave • Dec 4, 2013 • No comments

An Israeli inventor set out to create a bicycle anyone could afford. He finally succeeded using an unlikely material: cardboard.

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Slash Cost of Meals by Replacing Processed Foods with Fresh Ones

By Dave • Dec 4, 2013 • No comments

Is there a cheaper alternative to canned food? Yes! It’s called fresh food, believe it or not. Read how a soup kitchen cut their cost per meal down to 63 cents using fresh ingredients.

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Congressional Earmarks: What Are They?

By Dave • Sep 25, 2009 • No comments

The process of Congressional earmarking has received heavy news coverage in recent months, as U.S. citizens evaluate the effectiveness of…

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