Social Justice

Altruists seek to understand how their actions will affect others—while willful ignorance can free people to act selfishly

Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of OpenAI have been eviscerated. While it remains a nonprofit, it’s proven entirely beholden to ruthless capitalism

Science, statistics and expert testimony are crucial in securing justice. But their dubious applications in the courtroom can send innocent people to jail 

To achieve climate justice, developed countries need to put their money where their mouth is

The sand drawings of Vanuatu follow principles from a branch of mathematics known as graph theory

Physician Uché Blackstock talks about her experience of the huge health disparities faced by Black Americans in her new book Legacy

Migraine, stroke and epilepsy disproportionately affect members of the transgender community—but neurologists are often unprepared to respond

Every happy country is not alike

While contempt for news organizations is intense in the wake of Trump, archived hate mail to reporters shows that even in the 1950s—supposedly the height of public trust in journalism—some Americans always despised the press

Doctors want to ban the term “excited delirium,” which has been cited as a possible factor in high-profile police killings of George Floyd and others but is not a recognized medical diagnosis

Pope Francis’s new encyclical says irresponsible lifestyles are the biggest impediment to reducing carbon emissions

Science plays an enormous unseen role in keeping international avenues of contact open, even when political doors slam shut. We need to keep those channels open with China