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This Is Your Brain on Truth
The more we learn about people, cultures, and environments different from our own, the more empathy we have for the experiences of others—and the more our moral compasses veer toward
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This Is Gender-Affirming Care
All people deserve access to this necessary medical care.
The Weight of the Cloud
Our data has real impacts on the planet and its people.
Love Is Good Medicine
It’s never too late for love, goes the adage. But is it harder to find intimacy as you age? And is it worth the trouble?
Stop Planting Trees
Long touted as an environmental panacea, mass tree planting can actually do more harm than good.
The Great Guzzlers: Who’s Using All Our Water?
Among the forecast effects of climate change, one in particular poses special concern: We’re running out of water.
The “Obesity Crisis” Is a Fatphobic Myth
Fatness is treated as a moral failure, but the facts show it is all systemic.
Energy, Housing, Food, Water: What’s a Fair Share?
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
The 25% Tipping Point
New research reveals how to make social change.
5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Mental Illness
How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts.
Infographic: Why Normal People Can’t Afford a House
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
Why Corporations Want Our Public Schools
There are huge profits to be made in privatization, and much of it will come from teacher pay.
Infographic: The Link Between Cooking at Home And Living Longer
We spend less time in the kitchen than ever. But here's why Michael Pollan says cooking could be an important solution to our public health crisis.
Infographic: Your Stuff’s Not As Cheap As You Think It Is
What do we really trade for all of the cheap stuff we buy?
Just the Facts: What’s So Good About Co-ops?
Why support the co-ops in your community? The benefits might be further-reaching than you think.
To Save Our Ecosystems, Stop Overloading Them
Left alone, natural systems keep nitrogen, carbon, and other key ingredients of life balanced.
We’ve Got Some Big Houses—That We Could Share
Just 60 years ago, the average American had 291 square feet of living space. Now it’s close to 1,000 square feet. Have we changed our needs that much? Or just our wants?
By the Numbers: The Myth of the Overtaxed Corporation
For corporations, paying for tax breaks is still the best investment around.
Just the Facts: It’s a Locking-People-Up Problem
The American problem with mass incarceration is less about crime than it is about how—and who—we lock up.
Just the Facts: Should We Eat Animals?
We can feed the world and still eat meat—but only a little bit.
Just the Facts :: Who Is Family Now?
Mixed-race couples, single parents–they're all part of the new "normal."
Just the Facts :: Why Build Resilience?
Why build resilience now? Because here's what we can't rely on ...
Water Footprints
How much water do we use? More than any other country, it turns out. And we could save a lot.
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