global issues

Why Brexit happened -- and what to do next

The risky politics of progress

A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment

We need nuclear power to solve climate change

How Africa can keep rising

Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites

How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history

Are our cultural narratives killing sharks?

Why we need darkness

Why our future relies on the genetic diversity of food

I survived a terrorist attack. Here's what I learned

Art made of the air we breathe

How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

How colorism shapes our standards of beauty

Where in the world is it easiest to get rich?

Why archaeology needs to transcend borders

The Panama Papers exposed a huge global problem. What's next?

A smarter, more precise way to think about public health

This country isn't just carbon neutral -- it's carbon negative

The beauty of human skin in every color

How young Africans found a voice on Twitter

How megacities are changing the map of the world

What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?

The inside story of the Paris climate agreement

3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty

A conservative's plea: Let's work together

Adventures of an asteroid hunter

The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure

Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late

Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it

An artist's unflinching look at racial violence

The laws that sex workers really want

How we can make crops survive without water

Capitalism will eat democracy -- unless we speak up