Social problems are like Hydra heads: cut one off, and more appear. This is the frustrating reality that organizations in the philanthropic sector face every day. They try to solve problems to improve ...

When Carrie Diaz Eaton trained as a mathematician, they didn’t expect their career to involve social-justice research. Growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, Diaz Eaton first saw social justice in ...

We see it every day—people across the globe are more polarized than ever. We're increasingly divided on important social issues, from climate change and the economy to racial justice and gender ...

For the first time in Social Security's 90-year history, we witnessed the average monthly retired-worker benefit surpass $2,000. Additionally, the 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) passed along to ...

Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing means of navigating them. Then social problems ...

As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.

Two women hug during a remembrance ceremony outside of City Hall on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Highland Park, Ill. Taking a tough-on-crime stance, whether on the campaign trail or filing legislation, ...

Psychology affects every aspect of our lives. How can we use this on an individual, communal, and structural level to address social problems? Joshua R. Wolff, Ph.D. (he/him) is a Licensed Clinical ...

Business leaders have a new mandate: focus on core audiences and the issues that matter most to their companies, and help to solve social problems. Daryl Brewster, CEO of Chief Executives For ...