Social Justice

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union explains how climate change became a pillar of the union’s contract demands

A completely fabricated condition, crafted from racist medical biases, still corrupts the criminal justice system today

A philosophy department chair arrested at a campus protest offers university presidents a lesson in democracy

We should—and must—take careful measure of what we name cosmic objects and the terms we use throughout science

Baked-in news practices cover only the worst moments of protests and neglect telling people what protesters are asking for, extensive research shows

Personality measures suggest Donald Trump exerts a cult of personality over his followers, people who are psychologically susceptible to his appeal. This could help explain how he has succeeded in U.S. politics while other populists have not

Mathematicians are working on ways to use their field to tackle major social issues, such as social inequality and the need for gender equity

Queer people’s behavior squashed the U.S. mpox outbreak in 2022. We shouldn’t have to rely on that to stop future outbreaks here or abroad

Misinformation solutions target a rational, ethical ideal who doesn’t exist; to combat misinfo, we need to start with a richer concept of the human

Activists who seek to revive this antiquated law share with Anthony Comstock, the Comstock Act’s namesake and progenitor, a similar view of women as subordinate to the decisions of men and God

Media coverage of university students speaking up against the war in Gaza, just like coverage of other protest movements, has fallen prey to some serious weaknesses

Famine is affecting an increasing number of people in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, and its development follows a clear pattern