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Good Jobs Are Good Business

By Zeynep Ton

Even As Smoke Engulfs Us, We Can't Wrap Our Heads Around Climate Change

By John Vaillant

The U.K. Must Do More to Stop Iranian Terrorists

By Masih Alinejad

The FBI's Troubling History With Confidential Informants

By Brett Forrest
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There's No Such Thing as Getting Ahead

Rainesford Stauffer explores how "being behind" is one of ambition's biggest myths.

By Rainesford Stauffer

It's Vital to Protect Water Infrastructure During War

The destruction of Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam highlights the threat that war always poses to water.

By Peter H. Gleick

Remembering Anne Frank’s Last Birthday Party

Hannah Pick-Goslar describes attending her childhood friend's 13th birthday party in Amsterdam.

By Hannah Pick-Goslar

What MDMA Taught Me About Human Connection

A month or so into COVID lockdown, I had an idea. Why not take a little staycation? Why not take some MDMA, asks Rachel Nuwer.

By Rachel Nuwer

For Most of U.S. History We've Had Both Gun Rights and Gun Regulations

From the Bowie knife to the Tommy Gun, the U.S. has long regulated weapons while preserving gun rights. What's gone wrong?

By Robert J. Spitzer

I Spent My Life Saving the Whales. Now They Might Save Us

Over 50 years ago Roger Payne discovered that whales sing. Now he has an urgent plea for the world as he confronts his own mortality.

By Roger Payne

How to Solve the U.S. Nursing Shortage Crisis

Former U.S. Secretaries of Health Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius argue that to address the nursing shortage crisis, we need to fix immigration.

By Alex M. Azar and Kathleen Sebelius

Why the U.S. Gender Wage Gap Hasn't Narrowed in Decades

While the policy rationale for family leave is clear, it has created unintended consequences for women in the fight for equal pay.

By Benjamin Posmanick, Morgan Adderley, and Peter Q. Blair 

Elliot Page: Embracing My Trans Identity Saved Me

'The unraveling is painful, but it leads you to you,' the actor and activist writes in his new memoir 'Pageboy'

By Elliot Page

When Summer Camp Doesn’t Work For Your Kid

The summer camp conundrum is an offshoot of the child care crisis

By Rebecca Gale

Be Tenacious on Behalf of Life on Earth

Dear class of 2023: This is your moment and your mission, writes Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

The Heavy Cost of Banning Books About Black Children

Like Amanda Gorman, we all must hear and honor Black children and those who dare to tell their stories, writes Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman.

By Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

We're Here, We're Queer, We're Getting Married in Florida

"As I prepare to marry the person I love in Florida, I vacillate between excitement and dread."

By Kristen Arnett

What Comes After Putin's Rule in Russia. The West Should Beware

The grim machine that Putin has created will outlast him

By Calder Walton

Ron DeSantis Can't Out-Trump Trump

The Republican base seems to value one thing above all else and Ron DeSantis can't beat Trump on that

By Mona Charen

America Looks at Poverty All Wrong

Americans need to stop thinking about poverty as an “Us vs. Them” problem, writes Mark R. Rank.

By Mark R. Rank
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