How Sci-Fi Laughs, Historical Impossibilities, and the Six Steps to Social Change Explain Our Quest for Belonging
It was the winter break of 1980, and an eighteen-year-old college student, freshly returned from his first grueling semester at McGill University, sat in a dark theater desperately seeking refuge…
How Extreme Heat and Climate Change Are Driving Up Gun Violence in American Cities
This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Even as Philadelphia trends toward its lowest annual homicide total since 1963, the city’s…
Beyond the Ballot: Why Cost of Living Outweighs Climate Change for Black Voters Facing a Tech Boom
For 18-year-old Elijah Lee, environmental advocacy has never been an abstract or distant concept. Growing up in a predominantly Black, low-income community in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, his everyday life…
Beyond Exhaustion: How Moral Injury Fuels Workplace Burnout and Why Systemic Change is the Only Cure
For anyone who has ever stared at a computer screen late into the evening, feeling entirely hollowed out and utterly devoid of motivation, the sensation of professional burnout is a…
Five Decades of Change: Sociologist Reginald Bibby on Canada’s Shift Toward Radical Freedom and the Crisis Facing Mainline Churches
For half a century, Alberta sociologist and prolific author Reginald W. Bibby has held a magnifying glass to the evolving contours of Canadian society, with a particular focus on the…
The Myth of Willpower: Why We Fail to Change and What Psychology Says About the Divided Self
What is willpower, and why does it so frequently fail us when we attempt to alter our habits, achieve personal goals, or overcome stubborn challenges? From the perennial struggles of…
Proposed Forest Service Rule Change Sparks Intense Debate Over Motorized Recreation and Conservation on Public Lands
For millions of Americans seeking a thrilling escape into the wilderness, the nation’s national forests offer an expansive playground. Whether they are navigating dirt trails on all-terrain vehicles, carving through…
Climate Change and Wildfires Threaten the 500-Year-Old Arbëreshë Heritage in Sicily
Giorgia Caruso always imagined her children one day inheriting the farm her family has tended for three generations. Her daughters would do more than produce organic meat and dairy. They…
Five Decades of Change: Sociologist Reginald Bibby on Canada’s Shift Toward Freedom, Economic Anxiety, and the State of Religion
For half a century, sociologist Reginald Bibby has kept a close watch on the shifting cultural and spiritual landscape of Canada. Based in Edmonton, the prolific author and Alberta researcher…
The Unraveling of an American Summer: How Climate Change is Reshaping Our Warm-Weather Traditions
From the sun-baked expanses of the Southwest to the rocky coastlines of the Jersey shore, climate change is fundamentally altering the traditions, rhythms, and environmental norms that have defined the…