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Jessica Irwin is many things: a photographer, artist, author, performer. She also happens to be nonverbal, born with cerebral palsy that aff...

Urban planner James Rojas has led hundreds of workshops where participants creatively design their ideal communities with small objects — an...

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Homelessness can feel like an issue that’s too big and complicated to fix, something we've learned to walk past. Jen Loving, who leads the n...

Workers everywhere are quietly redesigning their jobs around AI, boosting productivity but also creating new kinds of problems. AI advisor J...

Do you avoid talking to people you disagree with? Author and mediator Emily Kasriel thinks you should try it out. She explains why engaging...

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As AI reshapes work, school and love, what part of being human can't a machine take over? In a wide-ranging conversation, psychotherapist Es...

On paper, Blake Mycoskie is a glowing success story: he founded TOMS Shoes, building a global brand that has given away more than 100 millio...

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Tami Pyfer has five kids who belong to five different political parties, and sometimes family conversations get heated. Drawing on her work...

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Social psychologist Eli J. Finkel has spent decades studying what makes partnerships successful. In a practical talk drawing on lessons from...

From group chats to video calls, technology should make social connection easier than ever. So, why is everyone so lonely? In this special f...

There's a whole world of food growing right outside our doors — in our backyards, on sidewalks, in the parks we walk through every day — and...