Race has gotten too complex for racists, as the recent tempest in a cereal bowl shows
The Female Labor Market Is Actually Stagnating
And there’s no evidence to suggest that better family-friendly policies would put more women into business leadership roles
Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer
“Deep reading” is vigorous exercise from the brain and increases our real-life capacity for empathy
How to Simplify the Tax Code. Simply.
This first thing that can be done is to drastically reduce the paperwork
What People Really Think About Working Moms
Beneath that Pew study we all heard about this week lies a telling critique: people disapprove of moms who work if their child care is bad
Viewpoint: Oprah as Harvard’s Commencement Speaker Is an Endorsement of Phony Science
As America’s oldest and most visible university, Harvard should publicly affirm evidence-based inquiry, not quack medicine
TED Talk Legend Sir Ken Robinson Talks To TIME
Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talks have been watched by more people than any other speaker in the conference’s history. Online, his three talks combined have gotten over 21 million views, but Robinson estimates that when you include event presentations, his 2006 “Schools Kill Creativity” talk has been watched by over 300 million people. No …
How to Reduce Crime: Treat It Like an Infectious Disease
Once we recognize violence as a contagious process, we can treat it accordingly
Don’t Read Too Much Into Brain Scans
We cannot read minds (yet.) And we shouldn’t be making reverse inferences from pictures of brain activity
We Need to Rethink ‘Bad’ Parents
Kids who are neglected may be better off remaining with their families with additional support than put into foster care
The Big Problem With Disaster Planning
We can try to prepare for the worst, but natural disasters cause chain reactions that we can’t always anticipate
How the Military Can Change the Culture of Assault
Instead of more training, the U.S. Army needs to overhaul how it promotes its leaders
The Key to College Success: Summer
Incoming freshmen can flounder in the months before becoming a college student
