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Latest Article: Our Most Beautiful Words
Get your daily check-up (for words, that is) with Dr. Goodword and his 100 Most Beautiful words in the English language.
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Latest Article: Well Read Kids at My One School
Besa Kosova followed her dream of bringing books to kids around the world. The fruits of her labor? My One School Bookstore, a trailblazing shop supporting child literacy.
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Latest Article: Greening Hollywood
Kudos to the Environmental Media Association, celebrating 20 years of environmental awareness raising through the entertainment industry.
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Latest Article: Smiling is the Best Medicine
From India, Tonic intern Bhaskar Bhattacharjee shares why smiling and laughing have been lost in our busy modern world. There is a glimmer of hope, though, in the innocence of youth.
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Latest Article: Life Lessons from a Calendar
Tonic intern Brittney McKenna shares life-changing philosophies about being happy - compliments of her day planner. Who knew the answers were right in front of you?
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Latest Article: The Good Hotel
See San Francisco's most conscious, stylish, unpretentious -- and affordable -- boutique hotel.
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Latest Article: Success From Newark to Rwanda
At New Jersey's TEAM Academy charter school everyone is a winner, it's cool to be smart, and its students are changing the world, one penny at a time.
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Latest Article: The Yes Men Fix an Interview
The Yes Men are obnoxious, business punking, media hacking pranksters. But they're also inspiring, funny as hell and stars of their very own movie, The Yes Men Fix the World.
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Latest Article: Walk of Life
For one mother in China, this was no time for a casual stroll.
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Latest Article: How I Learned to Love Facebook
Tonic intern Cherise Benton has drank the Facebook Kool-Aid - and shares her experience of how it's changed her life (for the better).
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Latest Article: My Big Mistake When Asking For Money
For one hospital, too many patients and not enough funding meant doing the impossible: asking staff to donate. The response has been nearly overwhelming.
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Latest Article: Wonder Spice
A chemical found in turmeric may help treat esophageal cancer.
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Latest Article: Woman With Two Vaginas
Warning: This content is not suitable for the squeamish or otherwise prudish. However, the curious-minded among us will be fascinated.
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Latest Article: Why I Love Kansas
"There's no place like home...there's no place like home." While Tonic intern Elizabeth Lord probably doesn't have two ruby shoes to click together, she still makes Kansas home - and here's why.
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Latest Article: Sustainable Couch Surfing Around the U.S.: Part 1
James McAuley and Cayce Clifford are touring the U.S. this summer to see if they can do so on very little budget and to report on the sustainability of America. You can follow their adventures right here at Tonic - today we feature Part 1 of their summer adventure.
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Latest Article: Help End Hunger: Feed Your Mind
While we watch The Food Network, 1 in 8 people in the U.S. goes hungry. Now, you can help do something about it!
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Latest Article: April: The Cruelest Month?
It's National Poetry Month, and poetry doesn't have to be difficult or painful -- it can have a place in our everyday lives.
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Latest Article: DIY Paradise Preservation
How do you fix the hurricane-trampled mangrove forests on a tropical island? Get in a kayak and plant thousands of trees, one at a time.
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Latest Article: Need Surgery, Try India
As money tightens and health care costs soar, Americans look to India and other countries to get medical help.
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Latest Article: Living With And Learning From Disease: HIV
Testing positive for HIV used to be, for a majority of men, a death sentence. Today, thanks to fitness and medicine, the infected refuse to let the disease gain the upper hand.
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Latest Article: 'A Global eBay for Caring'
A new social-networking-for-good Web site called Hope Plus aims to become the top do-gooder on the cyber-block.
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Latest Article: Keith Knight
Keith Knight is a humorist, rapper, raconteur and one of America's funniest cartoonists. His award-winning comic strips, "(th)ink," "the Knight Life" and "the K Chronicles" have been collected in nine books so far, including the latest, "I Left My Arse in San Francisco."
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Latest Article: Ethan Hawke Backs Madonna
Actor Ethan Hawke makes a statement in defense of Madonna's vocal support for Eastern European Gypsies in Romania.
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Latest Article: My Family’s Secret to a Healthy Life
Wine and pasta, if prepared in the spirit of Nanny Virginia Rossi, can do you good. Warning: don't read this story on an empty stomach.
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Latest Article: Cafe Con Conscience
A visit to a Colombian coffee plantation helps a traveler appreciate her morning drink, and reveals an idyllic but tough life for a farmer.
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Latest Article: Making a Difference Every Day
Tonic intern Matt Hamilton shares his perspective on writing about "good things" at Tonic. It's all about the little things we do!
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Latest Article: Size Really Doesn't Matter
Guys, don't sigh in relief quite yet. It is true that size really doesn't matter, just not the way you may think. When it comes to giving to those in need, any amount can make a world of difference.
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Latest Article: Links for Life Skills
When Cliff McEnery heard the phrase "You can use golf to be a force of good," he had an epiphany that led to the formation of The First Tee in Oakland, CA - a program that introduces golf to young people where they learn life skills.
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Latest Article: Color Me Chill
Times are tough, but you can still carve out some free(lance) time sans toddlers, knowing they're in good hands.
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Latest Article: Snap In and Out of Green Fashion
The organic cotton t-shirt, the quintessential ethical garment, may have been outgreened. The new contender is the organic dress that can be worn as the dress itself, or, after a few pops, as a top, or a belt, or a high-waisted or low-waisted skirt.
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Latest Article: Padma, Pretty in Pink
The fashionable foodie makes a bold statement in sneakers while supporting Reebok, the Avon Foundation, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Latest Article: The New Dracula
Just in time for Halloween, a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel is released in the US.
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Latest Article: Yarn Bombers? Knitta, Please!
A new craze has started growing here in the UK, which involves graffiti artists swapping out their spray cans for knitting needles and wool.
This new fad, called Yarn Bombing (it won some
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Latest Article: WWOOF Your Way to a Better Plate
Throw some time toward making our land a safer place to grow your food. You don't even need a green thumb to do your part.
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Latest Article: Adventure Girl Stefanie Michaels
The Big Island: Explore Hawai'i's Green Island of Adventure
By Guest Blogger Stefanie Michaels
If you have the “winter blues”- and let’s face it, we’re not even into the major throngs of winter yet… look no
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Latest Article: Real Responsibility for the Real Estate Society
Learn how a non-profit real estate organization is teaching students industry skills and providing experience to connect with veterans. The Real Estate Society is paving a path for a new generation of workers and entrepreneurs.
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Latest Article: And One Charger to Unite Them All!
Soon you'll be able to throw away all of those useless chargers from cell phones past. A universal standard is on the way!
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Latest Article: Operation Fairy Dust
Want to wear Paris Hilton's hand-me-downs to your prom? Operation Fairy Dust makes it possible.
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Latest Article: Football and a Farewell
Summer intern Thomas Leskin bids a farewell to the Tonic Intern Program with some good news about good "football" on U.S. shores this summer.
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Latest Article: The Daraja 200
For Will Laughlin, enduring a 200 mile run to raise awareness for Kenya's all-girls' school Daraja Academy is all heart over matter.
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Latest Article: Be a Billion Dollar Babe for Less!
Today and tomorrow (Nov. 6-7) at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, you can get designer clothes at up to 85 percent off.
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Helped Project Angel Food prepare and deliver nutritious meals to men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Donated one year of Tonic Mailstopper to Project Angel Food for fundraising auction.
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You helped Tonic plant 1,498 trees in North America, Central America, Africa and Asia.
Tonic contributed to Sustainable Harvest International, American Forests and Trees for the Future.
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Sent musical instruments to the U.S. Gulf Coast
Donated $425 to Music Rising
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