Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In an era of rapid globalization, economic growth has come with trade-offs. To make ...

“What are you being so mean for, miss?” asks Humphrey Bogart’s character in “The African Queen.” “A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it’s only human nature.” Katharine Hepburn’s character ...

A new paper by evolutionary anthropologists Colin Shaw (University of Zurich) and Daniel Longman (Loughborough University) argues that modern life has outpaced human evolution. The study suggests that ...

Dr. Gray is a social psychologist and the author of the forthcoming book “Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground,” from which this essay is adapted. One day ...

Dedicated to Dr. Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute, whose work continues to inspire hope, action, and respect for all living beings. Jane Goodall devoted her life to demonstrating that our ...