In May, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm about what he called “the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country.” Under Murthy’s direction, the ...

Loneliness isn’t just a social problem — it’s a physical problem as well, as scientific research over the past decade has revealed in spades. Research into the topic has found links between social ...

A couple of days ago, I published an academic research article titled “Health and Disease Concepts Cannot Be Grounded in Social Justice Alone” in the Croatian Journal of Philosophy. The title is ...

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

Psychology affects every aspect of our lives. How can we use this on an individual, communal, and structural level to address social problems? Joshua R. Wolff, Ph.D. (he/him) is a Licensed Clinical ...

In the constant conversation about wellness, we are often told to focus on individual choices: what we eat, how much we move, and how long we sleep. However, a viral thread recently exploded across ...

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 ...

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 ...