We must never forget or stop trying to close the racial divide that rends the nation, but there's another divide, arguably even greater, that needs far more attention than it's been getting...

A knee on the neck of a man, the light fading from his eyes, a micro-microcosm of 400+ years of history suddenly blown up and out to the ends of the earth. A systemic problem demands a systemic response...

Paradox is the seed capital for crisis: the opposite of social distancing, in spirit, is going to be necessary to get COVID-19 behind us...

With disasters comes philanthropy.  When it comes to COVID-19, Frank makes the case that much more is needed--an International Interconnected Philanthropic Network...

To deal with challenges as fundamental as our nation is now facing, we don't need a plan--we need four of them...

The Better Life Index considers the widest variety of factors in determining national health, and lets users decide which factors are the most important to them in determining the results...

The United Nations' widely recognized Human Development Index defines a nation's well-being as a combination of health (life expectancy), education, and standard of living (per capita income)...

The Social Progress Imperative's Social Progress Index primarily distinguishes itself from other indices by measuring social progress directly, independent of economic development...

The New Economic Foundation's Happy Planet Index is combining data from a variety of sources to determine which nations are best achieving long, happy, sustainable lives for their people...