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Happiness is lower, insomnia is higher and there has been an increased incidence of mental health issues during the pandemic. This raises the question of how people can find more ways to be happy during these difficult times. We humans are often crea...

Even before Donald Trump announced that he intends to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of Covid-19, it was becoming clear that the effect of the virus on migration would be powerful, long-lasting and unfortunate. Many coun...

People react so emotionally to politics, I have decided to assess the decade just past by considering something less partisan but no less illuminating: culture. Start with the music I have been listening to over the past few weeks. Every December I b...

With its insults, lies, rancour and racism, this has been the most depressing election cycle of my lifetime. So it is worth reminding ourselves that there is plenty of good news for the United States of 2016, and that the good news probably far outwe...

Few candidates spell out their policy proposals in as much detail as Hillary Clinton, but there’s still room to wonder about how a President Clinton would set her agenda for 2017 and beyond. One clue comes in the naming of Heather Boushey, above, to ...