Turning Points 2020

Gender-Based Violence Harms Us All

Death is the ultimate destination. The Shavasana position in yoga prepares you for it, lying flat on your back, arms resting slightly away from...

The Future of Sex Lives in All of Us

I often imagine a future in which sex doesn’t exist. Many people seem to think this is weird, but for me it’s a world...

Our Future Depends on Communities

Unhappiness today arrives carrying various banners — Trump, or Brexit, or the “gilets jaunes.” Its origins typically lie in the march of technological change...

A New Evita Rises in Argentina

When victory was declared on Oct. 27, the twin 10-story monumental portraits of Eva Duarte de Perón that hover above Avenida 9 de Julio...

The New Cold War? It’s With China, and It Has Already Begun

Turning Point: The United States and China intensified their trade war in 2019, plunging global markets into uncertainty. When did Cold War II begin? Future...

African Entrepreneurs Will Drive the Next Digital Revolution

Turning Point: In October, Rwanda announced the release of the Mara Phone, the first smartphone made entirely in Africa. AFRICA’S PERCEIVED SHORTCOMINGS ARE WHAT WILL...

Perspective: India’s Deepika Padukone on Why She Took Her Battle With Depression Public

It would happen when I least expected it. Suddenly, I would have to find a quiet corner to myself to break down and cry. Once,...

Greta Thunberg Is the Icon the Planet Desperately Needs

Turning Point: The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sails across the Atlantic on an emissions-free yacht ahead of her arrival in New York on...

Outdated Borders Are Strangling Liberal Democracy

The global battle over borders reached a fever pitch this year. President Trump continued to push for hundreds of miles of wall between Mexico...

Kicking the Industrial Age’s Worst Habits

The steam engine and its successors changed the world. Now, thankfully, the computer and its kin are changing it back. Why do I say “thankfully”?...