Society

A collage featuring the text "Forgotten Hardships," with images of distressed people, a graph with a declining trend, and various historical imagery in red and black tones.

Life was dirty, difficult, and dangerous for almost everyone who ever existed

9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.

Jason Crawford

Global Development

A new vision for the advancement of humanity

The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.

Jason Crawford

A person holds up a cardboard sign with the message "psychedelics are not a crime" in a crowded room.

Drugs

Psychedelic drugs and the law: What’s next?

The push to legalize magic mushrooms, MDMA, LSD, and other hallucinogens is likely to heighten tensions between state and federal law.

Ben Seal | Knowable Magazine

Coronavirus

Street medics tend to protesters in the midst of a pandemic

Across the U.S., groups of volunteer street medics are dispensing medical care to police brutality protestors in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kristin Houser

Fixing Justice

5 must-reads on American police reform

In our weekly roundup, we take you inside the fight to reform America’s criminal justice system, exploring potential solutions to this complex problem.

Kristin Houser

Fixing Justice

Cities remove Confederate monuments following George Floyd protests

City officials are removing Confederate monuments in Virginia, Alabama, and several other Southern states in response to the George Floyd protests.

Kristin Houser

Fixing Justice

Where the George Floyd protests (and responses) have been peaceful

The George Floyd protests remained largely peaceful in these cities, with protestors and law enforcement occasionally even standing shoulder to shoulder.

Kristin Houser

Fixing Justice

Seeking justice for George Floyd

Articles, thought leaders, and organizations worth paying attention to following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minnesota.

Kristin Houser

Activism

Fighting to get breast pumps to mothers in prison

Breastfeeding isn’t a right afforded to mothers in prison. One former inmate wants to change that.

Teresa Carey

Poverty

How a bakery is restoring hope in an Appalachian mining town

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As the coal industry becomes all but obsolete, unemployment throughout Appalachia continues to climb. But a bakery in Kentucky is doing its part to bring hope back to the community.

Doug Dais

Criminal Justice

Crime survivors fight against harsh punishments. Here’s why.

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In partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

A national group called the Alliance for Safety and Justice has set out to rethink America’s criminal justice system, with a focus on healing rather than punishment.

Doug Dais

Activism

Inside Hong Kong's "resistance economy"

Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters are using protest strategies that go beyond the street, which may be crucial as police enforce social distancing.

Tien Nguyen

Coronavirus

Ford revs up production of coronavirus ventilators

Ford has promised to deliver 50,000 ventilators in 100 days. Here's how they can do it.

Alex Cardinale

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