social change

A vision for the future of Sierra Leone

How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet

Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy

What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy

The past, present and future of nicotine addiction

The fundamental right to seek asylum

Scenes from a Black trans life

3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser

Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?

Why we ignore obvious problems -- and how to act on them

An unsung hero of the civil rights movement

The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward

Notes of a native son: the world according to James Baldwin

How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable

The intangible effects of walls

How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics

What prosecutors and incarcerated people can learn from each other

3 ways to practice civility

How to lead a conversation between people who disagree

3 lessons on starting a movement from a self-defense trailblazer

An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wall

Embrace your raw, strange magic

How augmented reality is changing activism

What refugees need to start new lives

What if all US health care costs were transparent?

A short history of trans people's long fight for equality

How to recover from activism burnout

What happens to people in solitary confinement

Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty

In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life

A juror's reflections on the death penalty

The work that makes all other work possible

How women in Pakistan are creating political change

3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do

The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it

How I unlearned dangerous lessons about masculinity