Science and Health

Science is fundamentally a collective pursuit of knowledge through open sharing and collaboration over many generations. Advances in health care and wellness also flow from public research and healing traditions that belong to us all. An urgent challenge of our time is finding a better balance between commerce and the commons in these critical areas that profoundly affect everyone.

The Power of Open Data

August 17, 2010 | by David Bollier

How large-scale sharing and collaboration are helping to solve medical mysteries.

The Health Care Crisis Few of Us Recognize

September 26, 2009 | by Jonathan Rowe

How an Unhealthy Obsession with Economic Growth Makes Us Sick

Health Care Showdown Shows Obama's Political Courage May 4, 2012 \| By David Morris With health insurance reform, Obama put the good of the country ahead of political considerations	Are Republican Governors Representing Their Citizens in the Health Care Debate? April 16, 2012 \| By David Morris 26 Governors told the Supreme Court that the health reform law is unconstitutional because the federal government is too generous. Huh?
Three Tenets of the Commons June 10, 2011 \| By On the Commons A new video with Jay Walljasper, author of All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons	Walking for Water April 20, 2011 \| By Faye Brown Highlighting threats to our water, Indigenous people carry water from four corners of the continent to Lake Superior
More Fish in the Sea March 16, 2011 \| By Eric J. Siy Fisheries trusts can undo the tragedy of overfishing in our oceans	Another World is Not Just Possible -- It's All Around Us December 23, 2010 \| By Rebecca Solnit For the New Year, Adventures in the Territories of Hope
Obama Undercuts the "Social" in Social Security December 17, 2010 \| By David Morris Democrats retreat from FDR's vision of the commons	Carbon is Forever December 10, 2010 \| By Peter Barnes A new video spoofs James Bond to make a serious point about the best way to curb climate change
Building a Community with Open Source Technology and a Bit of Elbow Grease November 19, 2010 \| By Albert Leung A Missouri group pioneers DIY construction and farm machinery	Historic Expansion of Human Rights July 30, 2010 \| By Daniel Moss The UN declares the right to clean drinking water and sanitation

Health Care Showdown Shows Obama's Political Courage May 4, 2012 \| By David Morris With health insurance reform, Obama put the good of the country ahead of political considerations	Are Republican Governors Representing Their Citizens in the Health Care Debate? April 16, 2012 \| By David Morris 26 Governors told the Supreme Court that the health reform law is unconstitutional because the federal government is too generous. Huh?
Three Tenets of the Commons June 10, 2011 \| By On the Commons A new video with Jay Walljasper, author of All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons	Walking for Water April 20, 2011 \| By Faye Brown Highlighting threats to our water, Indigenous people carry water from four corners of the continent to Lake Superior
More Fish in the Sea March 16, 2011 \| By Eric J. Siy Fisheries trusts can undo the tragedy of overfishing in our oceans	Another World is Not Just Possible -- It's All Around Us December 23, 2010 \| By Rebecca Solnit For the New Year, Adventures in the Territories of Hope
Obama Undercuts the "Social" in Social Security December 17, 2010 \| By David Morris Democrats retreat from FDR's vision of the commons	Carbon is Forever December 10, 2010 \| By Peter Barnes A new video spoofs James Bond to make a serious point about the best way to curb climate change
Building a Community with Open Source Technology and a Bit of Elbow Grease November 19, 2010 \| By Albert Leung A Missouri group pioneers DIY construction and farm machinery	Historic Expansion of Human Rights July 30, 2010 \| By Daniel Moss The UN declares the right to clean drinking water and sanitation

Commons Magazine

Science and Health

The Power of Open Data

The Health Care Crisis Few of Us Recognize

Health Care Showdown Shows Obama's Political Courage

Are Republican Governors Representing Their Citizens in the Health Care Debate?

Three Tenets of the Commons

Walking for Water

More Fish in the Sea

Another World is Not Just Possible -- It's All Around Us

Obama Undercuts the "Social" in Social Security

Carbon is Forever

Building a Community with Open Source Technology and a Bit of Elbow Grease

Historic Expansion of Human Rights

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