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In his final years, Martin Luther King, Jr. become increasingly focused on the problem of poverty in America.

The Green New Deal is an ambitious attempt to fight climate change, but is it destined to hit the political skids?

Florida researchers offer schools a simple message: Send home report cards earlier in the week.

Not all states are feeling the effects equally.

She met mere mortals with and without the Vatican’s approval.

The sharp drop-off in world trade growth is a major risk in the coming year.

Has the Republican Party forgotten its past?

We often think only of grown ups taking pills, this study reminds us children can take them too.

The countdown continues! This is the #2 most popular video of 2018. Can the left wing grow from this critique?

Following World War I, President Woodrow Wilson nearly died trying to ensure world peace.

The countdown continues! Our 8th most popular video of 2018 cuts through the political fray.

This is the most talked about Big Think video of 2018! What’s your take?

Americans must choose the middle path, away from the fundamentalist positions on both the right and the left, argues a Washington think tank.

TheTrueSize.com offers hours of fun while you stretch and shrink countries and states all over the globe.

Eboo Patel explains how America’s political philosophy broke the democratic mold.

It’s hard to get off of the couch after a few eggnogs, let alone destroy public property.

America treats the world like a board game. That’s a problem.

The Great White North has found a way to provide universal healthcare with more salubrious results and trimmed national costs. Take notes, America.

Being raised indoors might be the reason young Americans struggle in the adult world.

Just because a company does incredibly well financially doesn’t mean that it does any good for the people. How can we change that?

The year was fraught to say the least. Riots in the streets, engagement abroad in a long-fought war, and an encroaching sense that the fabric that knits us together is […]

These seven presidents had a window into the future—or were really good guessers.

The stories we tell define history. So who gets the mic in America?

New research links urban planning and political polarization.

Sure we know it would be bad, but what do all of these scary numbers really mean?

Millions of Americans didn’t vote during the midterms — excuses there are many. Some are valid.

Americans say we value free speech, but recent surveys suggest we love the ideal more than practice, a division that will harm more than it protects.

Progressive America would be half as big, but twice as populated as its conservative twin.

You’d think we’d be over this fear by now.

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