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A growing movement shows that protecting the world’s forests — and the people who have safeguarded them for centuries — is one of the most powerful, and overlooked, tools in the fight against climate change.
Skoll Foundation
The "Creativity Pioneers" proving that imagination
is a practical tool for social transformation.
Moleskine Foundation
History shows that progress often depends on activists at both ends of the spectrum.
In this excerpt from "The First Eight," Congressman Jim Clyburn shares the story of Robert Smalls, the man whose audience with Lincoln may have saved the Union army.
In revolutionary Russia, a group of forward-thinking philosophers offered an alternative to both futurism and communism.
Before becoming America’s most infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a magnetic actor who was beloved by audiences and courted by critics.
As democracy recedes and fascism rises in the USA and around the world in 2025, history provides a lesson in how science can fight fascism.
Trump may make America great again — just not in the way he had intended.
If we wish to tackle the very real problems society faces, we require expert-level knowledge. Valuing it starts earlier than we realize.
It's a problem on both sides of the political divide.
Famed activist Bayard Rustin constantly faced the dilemma of coordinating collective pursuits among diverse groups of people.
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
Throughout the world, traditional political organizations are increasingly seen as dysfunctional. But can democracies live without them?
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 prohibited nations from making new land claims on the continent. But it never mentioned claims from private individuals.
The region of Catalonia has been at odds with greater Spain for over 300 years. The prospect of autonomy remains a distant and fading dream.
In the 1960s, politicians and bureaucrats were formulating the Central Arizona Project. Citizens fought back.
A primer on Judith Butler’s theory of gender and performativity.
The outrage machine is fueled by toxicity. But there are practical steps that we can take to recapture control over our emotions.
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a "school without a master" than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
"Groupthink" gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
John Templeton Foundation
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.