Patrick Chalmers – Democracy isn’t working: five ideas that are already helping to fix the problem
Innovations in people power are changing how government decisions are made, from Brazil to Kenya, Switzerland and Taiwan. This story was fir...
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Irene Caselli – Trauma can be inherited. We need to understand what we’re passing on
When it comes to negative experiences in childhood, the body seems to keep score. But even small changes can positively affect health in lat...
Nesrine Malik – Our world is built for profit. Let’s build one that protects us instead
We live in a society where it’s easier to get a Michelin-star meal delivered to our doorstep than it is to get a medical mask that protects...
OluTimehin Adegbeye – Why social distancing won’t work for us
Keep a distance from each other. Work from home. Or rely on a social safety net. The measures against the coronavirus pandemic are made by a...
Tanmoy Goswami – The time has come to take the self out of self-care
The longest year of the 21st century is about to end; New Year resolutions ahoy. It's that time again when we embrace self-care, and a boomi...
Maikel Kuijpers – Plastic is a brilliant material. But our relationship with it is trash
It’s in your smartphone, you brush your teeth with it and it’s even in your mattress. Plastic is everywhere – and it’s not going anywhere so...
Nesrine Malik – Why the world can get worse by constantly saying it’s getting better
Progress is a measure of things being different, not necessarily better. And talking about it as an achievement can actually make it more di...
Jason Hickel – Outgrowing growth: why quality of life, not GDP, should be our measure of success
Mainstream economics still thinks growth is essential, but this blind belief in GDP is just enriching the rich and killing the planet. We do...
Maaza Mengiste – Trapping ghosts: photographs don't lock us to loss, they remind us to live
The grief caused by death is similar to the pain of distance, but our photographs can help bridge the gap to our loved ones. The pictures we...
Irene Caselli – Dear parents, stop organising your kids' playtime
2020 has been a trying year for parents, with close to a million school kids affected by lockdowns and school closures. Parents have struggl...
Tanmoy Goswami – ‘Investing’ in mental health is doomed to fail because humans aren’t stocks
The World Health Organization focused on investing in mental health as the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day. That might sound s...
Rutger Bregman – Yes, it’s all the fault of ‘the system’. But let’s talk about you this time
The idea that individuals can't solve the climate crisis has gained momentum in progressive circles. They say we can’t change the world by s...
Eric Holthaus – Apocalypse never: why climate catastrophe won’t make us change
There's an idea among many 'climate people' that large-scale environmental disaster will finally force governments to act. But talking about...
How to live a good life series: Emily Dreyfuss interviews Massimo Pigliucci
Philosophy can seem like endless discussions of a bunch of abstract theories. So in episode two of The Good Life, Emily Dreyfuss spoke to ph...
Ketan Joshi – Renewables are cheap and effective. Now, let’s make them just and humane too
The technological chapter of climate transformation can be whatever we choose to make it. If we allow it to be a bulldozing, profit-driven e...
Zoe Smith – Why surrendering to death, grief and loss is fundamental to reimagining how to live
We’re uncomfortable with death – we either run from it or approach it with a stiff upper lip. But the pandemic has confronted us with our ow...
Zaid Jilani – Democrat or Republican, on the big polarising issues, you actually agree
The evidence is clear: once US Americans drop their labels, they are more aligned on what they actually believe their government should do –...
Zaid Jilani – US elections are bought. And the people paying don’t want the same things we do
A new study finds just how divergent the interests of US partisan donors are from those of the party base. With the 2020 election expected t...
Njoki Ngumi – In hospitals, our dignity is up for sale. Here’s how we return care to healthcare
As a doctor in Kenya, I saw that quality care is almost always sacrificed to profit – something that happens around the world. Now is the ti...
Jesse Frederik – Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing
Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change...