Social Justice The Rough Road to Greater Empathy New research finds contact with a coarse surface can put us in a more charitable frame of mind. Tom Jacobs
Environment Are Microbeads About to Become a Thing of the Past? The House voted this week to ban microbeads. This is a demonstrably good thing. Madeleine Thomas
News in Brief California Needs More Vaccine Coverage and Easier Voter Registration; Nobody Needs Microbeads Your guide to California's progressive new laws. Francie Diep