Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing means of navigating them. Then social problems ...

Corporations, billionaires and celebrities are all shrill champions of social justice causes — so why haven’t the problems been solved? That’s the central question that sociologist Musa Al-Gharbi aims ...

From self-driving cars to virtual assistants, AI has already significantly impacted our daily lives. Perhaps AI’s biggest potential lies in its ability to tackle some of the world’s most pressing ...

One thing that can be said for certain about Social Security is that it's a massive program. This kind of widespread reach can provide numerous benefits to Americans — but also contribute to numerous ...

College students in the humanities and social sciences are constantly learning about the world’s biggest problems — from inequality, wars, forced displacement, hunger and famine, discrimination and ...

A new kind of entrepreneurship is arising that puts profit and responsibility together: social entrepreneurship. Businesses can help address social problems and do well economically; these goals are ...

The UK government has launched a consultation on introducing an Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s. The proposal is framed as a bold response to rising concerns about young people’s ...