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• Campaign Fundraising

  In this original GOOD Video we look at where the presidential candidates are getting their cash, and their record-breaking totals.
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  • 010: The China Issue
  • Date: May 05 2008
  • Contributors: Max Joseph, Chris Weller, and Danielle Flug

• The Cost of Nation Re(Building)

  GOOD and Catalogtree look at the value of U.S. government contracts awarded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  • 010: The China Issue
  • Date: May 01 2008
  • Contributors: GOOD magazine

• Refugee Renegades

  Somalia's largest privately run refugee camp is a beacon of hope for those plagued by strife and failed by international peacekeepers. David Axe investigates Camp Hawa Abdi.
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  • 010: The China Issue
  • Date: Mar 22 2008
  • Contributors: David Axe and David Axe

• Entrenched Power Roundup

  In Russia Dmitri A. Medvedev is now president but "Parliament overwhelmingly confirmed Vladimir V. Putin as prime minister on Thursday, completing a carefully managed departure from the presidency in a manner that left him the country’s dominant politician and with a clear grip on power." In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, who runs everything else, returns to running the government. "Correspondents say the new government's most pressing challenges include breathing new life into Italy's ailing economy and finding a solution to the untreated rubbish mountains in Naples."
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  • Date: May 08 2008
  • Posted by andrewprice

• Clinton Speaks To Mooresville, NC

  Before the May 7 primary contests Hillary Clinton stopped by the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of fame in Mooresville, (population: 18,823). After an introduction saturated with car racing metaphors, Clinton focused on the economy and education. A promise to end the No Child Left Behind Act drew especially enthusiastic applause. Video by Sara Schutzki
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  • Date: May 07 2008
  • Posted by andrewprice

• N.C. and Indiana Primaries

  As we suspected last night, Barack Obama does in fact roll in North Carolina—winning 56-42, and extending his delegate lead despite a two-point victory for Hillary Clinton in Indiana.
  
  Some politicos feel the critical showing diminishes the punch of Hill's charge to superdelegates to override Barack's voter lead and hand her the nomination instead—so that maybe this thing won't end in a tie.
  
  In case you're in the mood for something more decisive, John McCain ekes out a nail-biter over Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, et al. in both states—though the runners up happens to combine for a substantial 24% of the vote in N.C. and 23% in Indiana.
  
  Never has North Carolina been so significant: deemed the game-changer for the Clinton camp and its recent momentum, yet ultimately, perhaps, the game-clincher for Obama. Next up in the strange spotlight of the national stage: West Virginia, next Tuesday.
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  • Date: May 07 2008
  • Posted by danielriley

• Leaving gets you nowhere

  I'm equally as upset, frustrated and disheartened as everyone else is who has commented here. And I agree with most of what this article has to say, except for one thing - I will not leave America. Leaving America strips you of any choice of action. We no longer have a clear cut leave and be 'safe' option like people once did. Globalism has taken care of that. It doesn't matter where you go or where you run to, the actions of the United States will inevitably catch up to you. The only thing leaving does is prevents you from actually being pro-active in changing the situation. I'm living abroad right now and I'm going back in a few months. Why? Because I'm helpless here. I feel the effects of the United States' actions even living in a remote rural town in China. I'm sick of being asked questions about my country and what we're doing even though I don't live there anymore. People still expect me to do something because I was born there. And you know what? I agree with them and at least in the States I can work towards something. So please don't leave. The only thing you're doing is depriving the country of people who care and want things to be better.
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  • Date: May 09 2008
  • Posted by guavamama

• AmericaLoveitorFixit

  This was a fun and informative video, but I think the ending scenes are somewhat misleading. That fund-raising for this year's presidential election will top $1 billion is not in itself sinister; as Dubner and Levitt point out in Freakonomics, Americans spend about $1 billion every year on chewing gum. Presumably election for our highest office should be as valuable to us as our gum. This is not to say that the large sums necessary to run for President do not have distortionary or exclusionary effects - just that a dollar figure alone cannot convey these effects. I hope future videos will find an irreverent way to examine some of the laws Congress might enact to make Presidential elections more competitive - more generous public financing, forcing broadcast networks to offer discount air time to candidates, maybe even some spending limit for candidates (obviously raises constitutional questions). Lastly, to the extent that our campaign finance system needs fixing, the presdiential election offers perhaps the most eye-popping figures but not the best evidence for reform. Since 1973, we at least have had public financing for Presidential nominees who choose to participate; also, given the importance of Presidential elections, lesser-known/poorer candidates have real opportunities for free air time (witness Ron Paul, Huckabee, Kucinich). It is at the Congressional level where the system is really broken: no public financing, and the ability of better-funded incumbents to totally dominate local media (one reason the re-election rate in the House hovers around 90%). Perhaps make a video about this!
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  • Date: May 08 2008
  • Posted by RFCapalino

• Understand !

  China was under a dictartorship and still is. It is a world known fact. Mao killed millions of Chinese through overforced labour, starvation, terrorism and torture and this is still happening. The Dalai Lama on the otherhand is the world example of non violence (compassion, tolerance, patience) that is why the whole modern World listens to what he has to say. He is highly respected all over the world for this reason - pity that money gets in the way of freedom. Peace to you.
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  • Date: May 08 2008
  • Posted by Urpani