Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
5 Indigenous women asserting the modern matriarchy
They are reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
A world of bikes, not walls?
Maintaining instability in a world of inequality.
A New Economic Vision That Mixes Together Occupy, Amish Culture, and Startups
What subcultures offer us insight and principles for new ways of organizing?
How cop shows serve to reinforce the racism at the heart of our culture
Recognizing that there are many problems, overt and covert, involved in cop shows is important and avoids simplistic narrative solutions being used to plaster over deeper problems.
Pope Francis’s remarkable peacemaking life
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
Bernie Sanders Wins TIME Readers’ Poll for Person of the Year, Still Snubbed from...
Bernie Sanders won the people's vote - coming in first for the TIME Readers' poll for person of the year. So why didn't TIME include him on the shortlist of final candidates?
An unlikely city in the South could be home to a public education renaissance
Advocates for school improvement in Jackson, Mississippi, want investments in education infrastructure, not more charter schools and privatization.
Waiting at the border, migrants lean on tradition
One early afternoon, Sandra Vázquez sits on an old metal bench outside a bus station, next to two other women who, like...
The truth about immigrants and the economy
We need immigrants to keep our economy — and our country — vibrant and growing.