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Year: 2025
Truth Decay
Beyond Bias
December 18, 2023 By Jyoti Madhusoodanan In a now-classic series of experiments, researchers teased out the deep-rooted nature of human bias simply by distributing red shirts and blue shirts to groups of 3- to 5-year-olds […]
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Polluted Minds
April 16, 2024 By Sherry Baker By 1992, burgeoning population, choking traffic, and explosive industrial growth in Mexico City had caused the United Nations to label it the most polluted urban area in the world. […]
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The Processed Food Fight
April 26, 2024 By Amos Zeeberg After decades of searching, many scientists believe they have finally pinned down the main problem with our modern diets—the factor driving ever-escalating rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and […]
Truth Decay
When Your Psychologist is an AI
When Your Psychologist is an AI Amid a shortage of mental health providers, people are turning to chatbots for support. But is their advice trustworthy and safe? November 29, 2023 By Elizabeth Svoboda Hi, Liz! […]
Truth Decay
Moral Imagination
November 15, 2023 By D. Watkins Survival supersedes morality, at least where I grew up. Phrases like “fight or flight” become privileged because, well, where are you really going to go? I was a victim […]
Truth Decay
Anti-Trans Myths
How a political movement manufactured scientific misinformation and legitimized hate. November 6, 2023 By Simón(e) D. Sun and Florence Ashley We’ve watched with horror, but not with surprise, as a frenzy of anti-trans, queer, and […]
INSIGHTS
Understanding Globalizations Rigged Game
Globalization, in theory, means the free flow of goods, money, and ideas around the world. In practice, its rules are set to benefit powerful nations like the United States. Over the last 75 years, the […]
Leadership
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Countries that have ratified and signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to meet at the UN to strengthen the ban Geneva 30 January 2025 The states parties to the Treaty on the […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: February: Black History Month
“What Can I do? I’m just one person!” (Said Eight Billion People) Choose Black-Owned Campaign Planning Resources – 2025 Some quick details: Choose Black-Owned Month is February Ideas for: Independent business alliances, chambers, and other […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: March: Choose Indie Sustainable
Resources – 2025 Some quick details: Choose Indie Sustainable Month is March. Find a downloadable logo here. View and download our press release template. View social media examples. Add these hashtags to your posts: […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: April: Move Your Money
Move Your Money: 2025 Campaign Planning Resources Move Your Money partners. About the Move Your Money Campaign From April 1 to April 30, our Move Your Money campaign works to increase investment in locally […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: May: Bicycling Means Business Month
Making Ripples From May 1 to May 31, our Bicycling Means Business Month campaign promotes the connections between bicycling and healthy local economies. Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: June: Indie Pride Month
From June 1 to June 30, our Choose Indie Pride Month campaign celebrates LGBTQ+-owned businesses, diversity, and equity. Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: July: Independents Month
Some quick details: Independents Month is July. Find downloadable logos and images here. Use Canva? Check out our Proud Indie Local template, Indie Challenge template, and Independents Month Quote template. View and download our press […]
COMMUNITIES
Choose Local: October: Eat Local
Making Ripples From August 1 to August 31, our Eat Indie Local campaign works to inspire all of us to eat more locally grown, raised, and made foods, meet the farmers, growers, and chefs behind […]
COMMUNITIES
Local: November: Choose Indie Art Month
From October 1 to October 31, our Choose Indie Art Month campaign celebrates artists, artisans, musicians, and creativity. Together, we urge our communities to take positive action and boost the ripple effects our neighborhoods, […]
INSIGHTS
Who Owns the World?
After 50 years of failed environmental diplomacy, we need to ask the obvious question: “Who owns the world?” Half a century ago, 122 countries met in Stockholm for the first UN Conference on the […]
INFO-COMM
Is social media suppressing dissident voices?
Media Alert: To protect the safety and security of the authors of this story, we have chosen to make their identifies anonymous. To discuss this story with its contributors, please email us here and we […]
Economics
How the corporation blocks real democracy
Corporations vs Democracy Prof. Wolff analyzes the corporation. It stands as a basic institution blocking real democracy in our society. The corporation’s structure and operations empower and enrich a tiny social minority at the expense […]
INSIGHTS
Reinventing Production
Transforming from Extraction and Exploitation to Collaboration and Co-Creation “We are witnessing the emergence of a suite of new technologies that have the potential to revolutionize our production system. This new system, enabled by these […]
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What is the New Paradigm?
Understanding Mobilized News for a New Paradigm
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