Breaking the Cycle

The future of reproductive health in India, from early ideas about population control to on-the-ground interventions happening now, to a world where men and women share contraceptive responsibility.
Hannah Harris Green

The ID Question

Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
Anjali Ramachandran

The Roots of an Epidemic

From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.
Paula Akugizibwe

Beats: Space

Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

Beats: Food

Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

Beats: Disability

“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

Beats: Health

Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

Give Us Smarter Cities, Block by Block

The benefits of smart cities need to be rolled-out gradually to be realistically delivered in our lifetimes.
Scott Smith
2 min read

Grass is Fixing The Pollution From Your Cup of Coffee

Runoff from the coffee industry in Ethiopia is being cleaned by a special kind of grass.
Alexander Sehmer
2 min read

The Global Network of DIY Tear Gas Masks

Activists across the world are using social media to share homebrew instructions for staying safe at protests.
Alice Bell
4 min read