global issues

What really happens to the plastic you throw away?

The chilling aftershock of a brush with death

What really matters at the end of life

The troubling reason why vaccines are made too late ... if they're made at all

The case for engineering our food

The next outbreak? We're not ready

The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power

How fear drives American politics

Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

I was held hostage for 317 days. Here's what I thought about…

A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the "disappeared"

Why we need to stop obsessing over World War II

4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence

The workforce crisis of 2030 -- and how to start solving it now

Why we need to end the War on Drugs

Hidden cameras that film injustice in the world’s most dangerous places

How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

My mother’s strange definition of empowerment

How I defend the rule of law

What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country

Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive

Las múltiples capas de la pobreza

The coming crisis in antibiotics

The state of the climate — and what we might do about it

The necessity of normalizing queer love

Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.

The simple power of hand-washing

How quantum mechanics explains global warming

Should you donate differently?

Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding

Which country does the most good for the world?

How not to be ignorant about the world

New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century

Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question)

My desperate journey with a human smuggler

The NSA responds to Edward Snowden's TED Talk