We associate privilege with contentedness, and develop the sense (if not the belief) that only the unprivileged have a right to be discontent.
What a sad fate for a cause Americans once championed.
To survive in the era of Trump, the environmental coalition that existed under Obama must expand dramatically, something it should have done long ago.
To survive the Thanksgiving politics and preserve your relationship with the people co-signing your student loans, I propose four simple rules.
Donald Trump likes to talk about keeping this country safe, but when it comes to women, he’s as dangerous as it gets.
There are many legitimate reasons to be angry or disappointed with American politics. There is no excuse not to do something about it.
In an era when information is abundant, our greatest successes will not be the discoveries we make or the new knowledge we acquire, but the systems we develop to take what we already know and put it to use—for everyone.
It is a small tragedy, I think, that something like a moth, whose lifespan is far shorter than my own, should waste even an hour chasing a light it will never reach.
Trump supporters are not fools, nor are they bigots.
141,000 Americans died in gun homicides from 2000 to 2011 according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. That’s more than the number of American troops killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
