Shared meanings create institutions with real power. They also enable us to construct personal narratives that give our lives ...

Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) encompass all forms of human thought and action derived from the culture of the Indian subcontinent over the course of thousands of years.

The meaning of life has puzzled philosophers for millennia, but new research suggests it could be as simple as lending a ...

It’s a morbid thing to consider, but policy changes—especially around energy and the environment—may result in more (or fewer) deaths. Beyond the obvious social tragedy, death itself carries an ...

When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and review dozens of regulations under the Clean Air Act. They included some ...

Dave Ranney is the author of Living and Dying on the Factory Floors: From the Outside In and the Inside Out (2019) and New World Disorder: The Decline of US Power (2014).

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and ...

“Human sex trafficking involves the slavery of children and women forced to perform sex acts for money at various locations across the state for the purpose of making money for their captors,” the ...

Alex Honnold’s daring climb of Taipei 101 sheds light on the EPA’s recent break from valuing human lives in Clean Air Act ...

DeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim discusses building powerful AI with care, ethics and a long-term focus on human impact.

Our lives don’t just play out over time: we lead them over the course of that time, shaping them as an extended ...

Kindness can also mean sharing hard truths in a productive way, going out of the way to welcome a new coworker or bending the ...