The Science of Creating a Compassionate World: 10 Best Books of 2016
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In One of the Nation’s Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm
In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.
In Conservative States, 2 Cities (and a Church) Helped LGBT Rights Gain Ground
From Idaho to Georgia, people found ways to offer sanctuary and legal protection.
8 Strategies for Confronting Hate (That Don’t Involve a Safety Pin)
Everyday heroism like standing up for someone in trouble means pushing past your own fear. Here's how to do so with caution and courage.
The Importance of Meditating Even When You’re Happy
Think of it as preventative medicine for the likely event of stress.
Keep Your Spirits Up: You Can’t Resist Trump When You’re Tired and Sad
We must take care of ourselves in a way that ensures our compassion is not drained away.
20 Ways to Take a Bigger, Louder Stand in the Post-Election World
Many of us are rekindling our activist spirit knowing that the next four years will require everyone to act.
How Comfort Food Is Getting Me Through These Rough Post-Election Days
I’ve learned that when we’re vulnerable, when we’re unsure about the world and our place in it, food is the way back home.
How I Stopped Mindlessly Buying Things
Stores want me to buy stuff I don’t need. The internet wants me to buy stuff I don’t need. But I finally figured it out.
How to Attempt Racial Healing—Even During a Trump Presidency
America’s past truth and reconciliation processes show us what works.
5 Ways Science Says to Handle Difficult Emotional Situations
Resilience practices can help you confront stress and pain more skillfully, starting with finding silver linings.
Please Stop Thinking You’re Better Than Trump Supporters
We’ve got to stop acting out hate. There is no less of it in the liberal media than there is in the right-wing media. It is just better disguised.
How Cities Can Protect People Threatened By Trumpism
Cities can offer shelter and protection to their vulnerable citizens and become a place progressives can exert real power.
The Myth of Bipartisanship—It’s Time to Get Tough With the Right
Politics is not a parlor game where good manners always win out. It involves questions of power and privilege, which cannot be solved merely with bipartisan brunches.
The Call to “End the War on Black Lives” Starts With Accountability
Next year, the DOJ will collect nationwide data on police shootings and other violent encounters with the public. Is that enough progress?
Millions of Women Know Sexual Trauma—Thanks to Trump, They’re a Voting Bloc
The 76 million women who have been oppressed by rape culture and sexual trauma may turn out with surprising force on November 8.
What to Do When Domestic Abuse Is Financial, Too
Millions of people suffer domestic violence, which can often involve economic abuse. But there are ways to break out of those relationships.
6 Ways to Make Our Money Bring Us More Happiness
What if we defined wise spending in terms of the happiness that it brings? Research shows certain spending can bring us closer to others.
Strangers Become Family at This Multigenerational Housing Project
A unique affordable-housing community supports both foster families and elders who might be looking for a few extra grandchildren.
For Workers Who Feel Like Part of a Machine, These Companies Get It Right
The Good Work Code attempts to re-examine what workers and employers want and to build jobs around shared values.
6 Tips on Making Money and Staying Sane When You Work From Home
How to deal with anxiety, self-doubt, and “the check’s in the mail.”
A Fun Way to Stop Buying Things You Don’t Really Need
Instead of buying the items she coveted, this artist made paintings of them. Here’s what she learned after a year of not shopping.
Can Zoos Teach Us To Be Better Humans?
If we can recognize our destruction of other animals’ habitats, perhaps we can recognize our destruction of all the living systems on which we depend.
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