It hardly feels like its been five years since that devastating storm ripped through the gulf coast. I remember being a freshman in high school, coming home and turning on the TV to see boats traveling what used to be streets, helicopter rescues from rooftops, and of course the Superdome where thousands took refuge. Now, five years later, there is no water engulfing New Orleans, the looting has stopped, and new levees have been erected. But the scars of what happened are visible nearly everywhere you go. GOOD compiled a picture slide show of graffiti throughout the city, expressing and reminding us of the feelings felt by New Orleanians during and after the hurricane.   -Braden

a WWII veteran remembers a day on the battle field.

The LRA’s trademark tactics remain the same — the sadistic killings, the child abductions, the ghostlike movements.

Amono Grace will head to the US to team teach this winter with Invisible Children’s Reciprocal Teacher Exchange (TReX). Here’s an update.

How do you get a balloon company to sponsor your office antics? read and find out.

“The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be…”

Chris tells us the stories of Pakistan that are not being told.

MEND made an appearance on ModCloth’s site the other day. A transformation is in the works…

Arcade Fire and Chris Milk present an interactive film. Plug in your home address and listen and watch and get lost…

Human rights activist John Prendergast and Don Cheadle bring us a new book on fighting Africa’s most devastating problems

20-somethings are taking longer to “grow up’ than ever before….

Our pal Jon Chu (director of Step Up 3D) asked the world to make Justin Bieber lip-sinc youtubes. We said ‘I see your youtube challenge, and raise you a choreographed mass of interns’…

Stop what you’re doing and watch this PSA about AIDS prevention. Just put down your big gulp and push play.

More than 1,500 people have died, almost 17.2 million people have been significantly affected, and about 1.2m homes have been destroyed or badly damaged

A new report from CNN details the ongoing exploits of the LRA

The Reciprocal Teacher Exchange (TReX), a component of IC’s Teacher Exchange, is officially underway. Two Ugandan teachers have been selected to head to the US to team teach this winter.

Food, religion, politics, gender roles, weather…salt—we just spent two weeks teaching 22 Ugandans everything they need to know about life in the US.

Every once in a while, I like to share what’s blowing my mind, or simple breezing it…

Would you buy a phone based on how environmentally friendly it is? Today Today, U.K. network provider O2 launched its Green Ranking scheme for cellphones, and Apple has declined to take part.

Some of them already bought their scarves and wool hats—they’re ready. Are you?