Boys are falling behind in education, men are withdrawing from the workforce and from relationships. Understanding why requires being more honest than most political factions are willing to be.
Pharmaceutical companies paid $26 billion for their role in the opioid epidemic. Overdose deaths hit a new record the following year. What the settlements tell us about accountability in America.
Every wealthy country is having fewer children than needed to sustain its population. The policy responses have largely failed. Understanding why reveals something important about what people actually want.
When people cannot afford to live near where they work, near where they grew up, or near the people they love, the social fabric tears. The housing shortage has costs that cost-of-living statistics don't capture.
Americans have never been more socially isolated, and every proposed solution misunderstands the problem. What loneliness is actually telling us about modern life.
We predicted the internet would bring democracy, abundance, and connection. It brought all three and also their opposites. Understanding what we got wrong helps explain what comes next.