The Other 1 Percent
Will the days of scrambling for a last-ditch charge soon be a thing of the past?
What Does It Mean That 1 in 4 Adults Didn’t Read a Book Last Year?
Those numbers sound way more alarming than they actually are. The bigger problem: the stagnant literacy rate.
You’re Richer Than You Think
While you might not be part of the one percent, you're probably not giving as much to charity as you could.
Trial by Water: West Virginia’s Elk River
The recent contamination illuminates just how tenuous and vital the safety of our water is.
Why Your Shoes Won’t Save the World
While some charity is almost always better than no charity, your money can be more effectively donated beyond an activist brand.
Water Off A Duck’s Back: Ethical Consumption and Outrage in the Digital Age
How everything from reading to watching television has become a conundrum of ethics.
Benedict Cumberbatch Goes to War: Celebrity and Diplomacy
The actor's recent stunt in Cardiff, in which he admonished celebrity photographers for not capturing "something important," suggests a misplaced faith in photography.
In Praise of Selfies
Just as the affordability of mirrors drove the rise of self-portraits in Renaissance Art, reversible cameras have made every smartphone owner into a Cindy Sherman or Nan Goldin. On how we're no longer self-conscious, but self-constructive.