social change

Change is coming, but not from the generation that currently holds positions of power.

Continuing the countdown, Big Think’s seventh most popular video of 2019 explains why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.

A new study analyzed more than 1.5 billion opioid prescriptions over eight years.

“They” has taken on a not-so-new meaning lately. This earned it the scrutiny it needed to win.

Going from a solitary teenage protester in front of the Swedish parliament to a global icon in little more than a year certainly merits a distinction.

Scholars often debate risking their livelihoods and personal safety in order to conduct research in certain areas.

Our personal choices can help to effectively combat poverty, says Peter Singer.

Why campuses are becoming polarized — and what we can do about it.

Millennial income did not recover from the Great Recession like older generations’, a disparity that can have dire consequences for future generations.

Throughout history, we find knowledge that can’t possibly be documented, but still it exists.

But few critics actually addressed the science on climate change.

The fourth wave of the Industrial Revolution is here. If change is led by the right people, we will have ethical machines, says Intel’s Lama Nachman.

Even if automation makes human trafficking economically inefficient, that alone won’t end this unethical practice.

A study of 323 uprisings against repressive regimes yields stunning insights.

Academics are often attacked for having the audacity to pursue their research wherever it leads. But engaging with difficult, challenging ideas is a large part of what academia is about.

Countless top-down reforms haven’t improved the U.S. education system; can community-based education make a difference?

If you’re a great engineer, you can get ahead in Silicon Valley — to a certain extent.

Left-leaning groups don’t seem to have made as full use of the internet as right-leaning ones. As one conservative put it, Paul Revere had a horse, but they have the internet.

In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.

America’s educational system has become frayed by lackluster civic engagement.

President Trump has called for Silicon Valley to develop digital precogs, but such systems raise efficacy concerns.

The true course of progress is not only charted by great men and women, but also by ordinary people having conversations.

From the Revolutionary War, to Rosa Parks and #MeToo, whistleblowing and civil disobedience are in America’s DNA.

Over the weekend, Pete Buttigieg warned of the dangers of white national terrorism. Officials in El Paso agree.

Immigrants add way more to the American economy than they take.

Historian Maragaret O’Mara explains why a tech utopia was, and still might be, a pipe dream.

Like it or not, most jobs still require some kind of secondary degree. PeerForward is working with low-income communities to ensure that students aren’t excluded based on their zip code.

What are the best ideas out there to innovate our rapidly changing education system? The Lumina Foundation has partnered with Big Think to find them.

Here’s what to say in an era where many people are too afraid to say anything.

At 18 percent of the population, Hispanics account for 67.2 percent of U.S. net homeownership gains.