Culture

A black and white image split into two sections: a half globe on the left and a crowd of people on the right, with the text "More Humans Are Better" in the center and the number 3 in the top right corner.
The overlooked virtues of a crowded world
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
Jason Crawford
A graphic titled "Humanity vs. Nature" showing a human evolutionary timeline, biocentrism, ecocentrism, and ethos depictions of nature, including a tree, a bird, and marine life.
Why harmony with nature is a myth
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
Jason Crawford
Abstract digital collage featuring a hand holding a smartphone, the logo of The Onion, binary code, and a webpage against a green and blue background.
Entertainment
How the internet changed news, according to The Onion
Freethink spoke to Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age.
Tim Brinkhof and Stephen Johnson
Entrepreneurs
The business fair for children
Fixing Justice
The exotic zoo run by prisoners
Building Community
The shipping containers used for conversations
Fixing Justice
Why does officer Tommy Norman have a million Instagram followers?
Make America Dinner Again
Series| Crossing the Divide
Making America dinner again
Series| Crossing the Divide
How to negotiate the nonnegotiable
Series| Crossing the Divide
The barber building trust between cops and his community
Building Community
Maybe we can all get along: 5 reasons to be hopeful
Series| Crossing the Divide
LGBT rights: The power of a single conversation
Series| Crossing the Divide
Where Muslims and Jews worship together