People Are Calling Natural Gas a ‘Bridge’ to a Sustainable Future—They’re Wrong
For America to reach full renewable energy, we need to re-focus our investments — and divest ourselves of some dangerous…
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End Internships
The unpaid internship system is unfair to students and exploitative to workers — young women in particular. By Malcolm Harris…
‘Diversity’ Is Losing Its Meaning—What Should We Say Instead?
There are great arguments for shifting semantics toward words like “inclusion” and “representation” — but what really matters is that…
Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap
A new program that teaches librarians how to edit Wikipedia might broaden the site’s user diversity. By Rick…
What Role Should Medicine Play in Fighting Obesity?
The Reed family we’re following on their weight loss journey in Austin, Texas, offers one perspective. By James…
Can Bodegas Solve the Philippines’ Internet Problem?
A new program promises 30 minutes of fast Wi-Fi to consumers at the country’s sari-sari stores. A sari-sari…
Does Anyone Really Know How to Reduce Health-Care Spending?
An organization you’ve probably never heard of is working on it. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Mario Villafuerte/Getty Images)…
India Has a Massive Web Access Gender Gap
The road to closing it might be navigated with bicycle carts. By Rick Paulas (Photo: sandeepachetan/Flickr) The greatest…
Why Doesn’t America’s Big Opioid Bill Address HIV and Hepatitis C?
In assessing America’s big opioid-addiction act last week, we noticed one major omission: The bill never mentions programs…
Meet the Reeds: An Austin, Texas, Family Confronts Their Obesity
A community rallies to help some of their own. Will they succeed? By James McWilliams A woman weighing…