Topic: Ideas We Should Steal
An App to Stop Sexual Abuse on Campus
Plus: Pigeons wearing backpacks and support for vulnerable teens
By Stephen St. Vincent
Predicting Sea Level Rise. (It Ain’t Pretty)
Plus: Building better bridges and paying drivers to take the bus
By Stephen St. Vincent
Collective Giving for the Arts
A coalition of young Cincinnatians joined together to fund free museum entry. Could that be the path to make arts in Philly more accessible?
By JoAnn Greco
Lower Voting Age to 16
Studies show the sooner people start to vote, the more likely they are to be lifetime voters.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Banning Right Turns on Red
Plus: Forcing landlords to hand out voter registration forms and making all kidney donors compatible
By Stephen St. Vincent
A Bacteria that Eats Plastic
Plus: Replacing plastic with seaweed, ditching plastics altogether and other plastics-related stories
By Stephen St. Vincent
Fighting Zika with Mosquitoes
Plus: How to build better bridges and automatic voter registration
By Stephen St. Vincent
Using Math to Predict Police Misconduct
Plus: Using garbage for jet fuel and teaching aquaponics to inmates
By Stephen St. Vincent
Turning Refugee’s Boats Into Backpacks
Plus: an Uber for blood donations and the best place to put a bus stop
By Stephen St. Vincent
Ranked Choice Voting
How Donald Trump’s almost certain nomination highlights our broken voting system
By Stephen St. Vincent