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What is the Social Responsibility of Business?
We already have a framework that allows businesses to efficiently decide among competing priorities. In this series, I explore the current best hope of the ESG movement, stakeholder capitalism. Its...
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Election Denial Is the New Climate Denial — And Still a Threat
By John R. Platt Let’s start with the good news. Several prominent proponents of former President Trump’s Big Lie of election fraud failed in their bids for elected office in the recent midterms,...
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‘Free Water’ Was Never Free, Writes a Historian of the American West
By Nate Housley The West uses too much water. For such a simple problem, the obvious solution — use less — lies frustratingly out of reach. That inability to change may seem hard to understand, but...
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Using the ‘N Word’ Can Get You Knocked Out
In the city of Jordan, Maryland, located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, if you call an African American the “N-word” and you are not African American, you can be punched out. Yes! It is the law in...
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Just How Safe Are Pet Microchips Anyway?
Some of the best pets are rescued animals. They seem to know inherently this is their last chance. Unless you’ve had your pet since their birth their medical/health history is a mystery as is what they...
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Debt Ceiling Has Become a Weapon Against Democracy in the United States
By MARK WEISBROT The Guardian See article on original site The debt ceiling drama seems to be nearing its end, as the House passed legislation that would lift the debt ceiling in accordance with a...
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Making Sense of the Senseless
It’s a strange time, stranger than any I can remember in the second half of my life. If you try to summarize the number of global issues our nation faces, it begins to feel unprecedented. There is...
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Debunking Major Myths by NRA and GOP on Assault Weapons Ban
Why do Republicans in Congress remain recalcitrant regarding the enactment of smart, sensible gun reforms to end mass shootings? This is clearly evidenced by Republican ruthlessness in protecting the...
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Quit for Good Signs Global Statement of Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction
By Quit For Good Quit for Good, a public health advocacy group based in the Philippines, has joined other scientific organizations and associations across the world in calling for the adoption of...
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Nathaniel Hendren Wants to Understand the Conditions of Opportunity
By Peter Dizikes | MIT News The U.S. is a land of opportunity, but it’s a complicated thing. People in the workforce today are much less likely to earn more than their parents did, compared to people...
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ChatGPT and the History of Government Refugee Policies
By Laura Madokoro I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Chat GPT when it first started making news headlines earlier this year. I was therefore intrigued when the Active History Collective decided to...
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You’re the Government’s Property
The prejudiced world you’re born in From the moment of birth up until death you’re the government’s property. They dictate what you can do, say, and give you a set rubric of rights and...
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National Emergency: The U.S. Faces a Swarm of Constitutional Crises
Do you hear the blaring societal sirens and screeching warnings that are mounting fast all around us? I sure do — they’re blasting through every level of our society, and they’re both deafening and...
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What to Do About AI in Health?
By Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health | MIT News Before a drug is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it must demonstrate both safety and...
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Local Journalism Is a Critical “Gate” to Engage Americans on Climate Change
By Sophia Apteker | Environmental Solutions Initiative | MIT News Last year, Pew Research Center data revealed that only 37 percent of Americans said addressing climate change should be a top...
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For All Humankind
By Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science | MIT News Can a government promote morality? How much trust should people place in their government? Such fundamental questions of political...
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Facebook Standing up for Democracy? Don’t Make Me Laugh
An interesting, in-depth article by Katie Harbath and Matt Perault who worked for Facebook’s public policy division between 2011 and 2021 entitled “Jawboned” describes how the US government tried to...
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As Lightning Strike Fatalities Increase, Bangladesh Still Has No Reliable...
By Abu Siddique Between 2011 and 2020, lightning strikes claimed the lives of 2,164 people, or nearly four people every week, in Bangladesh, according to the country’s disaster management department....
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Wishes for Spring
Spring offers a time time of hope. The metaphor of winter cold easing to the warmth of spring is powerful, with leafless branches returning to bud break and darker days becoming brighter. It is a time...
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In Nepal, Environmental Advocates Fend off ‘Anti-Development’ Smear
by Abhaya Raj Joshi Nepal’s political focus on large-scale infrastructure development has long raised environmental concerns, with projects like dams and highways lacking adequate safeguards. Despite...
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