The global scourge of discarded plastic—from macro- to microscopic—is finally starting to get the attention it deserves.

Conspiracy theories have been with us for a long time. We’re now in the age of conspiracism: no need for a theory, just a social media platform.

Though it’s the world’s dominant economic system, capitalism’s excesses are drawing increasing criticism.

Vision reviews Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy and John Keane’s The New Despotism. In the wake of the contentious 2020 US presidential election, their message is sobering.

What’s the best way to cope with a pandemic?

“Truth is fallen in the street,” an ancient prophet told his people. He could just as easily have been talking about today.

We are by nature focused first on self. Until we change that, the world will never work for all of us.

Let’s put away the airbrush and take a closer look at this person we call the “self”—and why we think it needs an airbrush in the first place.