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Do We Need a Science Party to Confront Existential Problems Like Global Warming?

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Why the Graphic Novel Is an Ideal Form to Capture the Timeless Philosophy of Stoicism

How Digital Surveillance In a Post-Roe America Isn't Substantively Different From Xi's China or Putin's Russia

The Remarkable Story of the Quaker Teacher Who Defied Hitler

Why We Can’t Escape Social Class, Gender, or Culture When We Dream

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Why All We Need to Become Whistleblowers in the Pursuit of Justice

To Fix the Climate We Need to Rewire the Economy, Our Democracy, and Our Brains

Can American Democracy Be Fixed By Making Political Speech More Expensive?

What Does the Harvey Weinstein Story Tell Us About the Culture of Silence in Hollywood and America?

On Washington Irving, John Muir, Philip Dick, Jonathan Haidt and What America Has Going For It

Ed Yong on How Animals Help Humans Develop Empathy

Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires More Than Just Words

Why America’s War on Schools is the Result of Fifty Years of Failed Federal Educational “Reforms”

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