Take just a minute and think about the future you'd like to have. To get there, you need to be responsible and save your money so that it grows over time. This is Saving Money in Plain English. Meet Jasmine, she is 20 years old and her goal is to buy...
Every four years, Americans who are 18 or older have a big responsibility. Our votes decide who becomes the president of the United States. Unfortunately, the US election system isn't that simple. This is Electing a US President in Plain English. It'...
Here are two things that nobody wants to see increase: your power bill and pollution. Boo! We're going to show you a small step you can take that can turn these arrows the other way. Yay! We're focused on your friendly household light bulb, the incan...
So, what are you doing? It's one of the first questions we often ask friends and family. Even if the answer is just mowing the lawn or cooking dinner, it's interesting to us. It makes us feel connected and a part of each other's lives. Unfortunately,...
Blogs are websites that are organized by blog posts - these are individual news stories, like articles in the paper. Bloggers simply fill out a form like this one to post a new story. With the click of a button, the blog post appears at the top of th...
You've seen the word, you've seen the websites and you may even have one. But have you ever wondered: What's the big deal about blogs? This is blogs in plain English. To make sense of blogs, you have to think about news and who makes it. We'll look a...
We provide free copyright licenses you can use to tell people exactly which parts of your copyright you are happy to give to the public. It's easy, only takes a minute and it's totally free. Just come to our website and answer a few quick questions l...
When you share your creativity, you are enabling people anywhere to use it, learn from it and be inspired by it. Take the teacher, who shapes young minds with work and wisdom from around the globe, and the artist, who builds beauty out of bits and pi...
The Internet has problems. Technorati says there're over 50 million weblogs, and as you can see, it's going up. This is overwhelming. Our focus here is on a new and efficient way to keep up with all the cool stuff that's happening on the Internet. Th...
Things move fast on the web and it's hard to keep up with your favorite sites by visiting them separately. Thankfully, Google Reader can help. Google Reader lets you subscribe to websites, so new content comes to you when it's posted. Here's how it w...