Social Justice | Tags | Greater Good

Why Is Democracy Worth Defending?

By Jeremy Adam Smith | August 8, 2024

Here is the research-based case for majority rule and minority protections.

By Sophie Olivia Hanson | May 10, 2024

If activism makes you feel stressed or hopeless at times, caring for and supporting yourself with kindness may help.

By Jill Suttie | September 25, 2023

A new study finds that teens involved in youth programs develop more critical reflection and take more action to fight injustice and inequality.

By Jason Pohl | July 6, 2023

Researchers are working to understand how widespread trauma, like that of South African apartheid, ripples from one generation to the next.

By Tom Harrison | January 27, 2022

Character education might be the key to a better internet and help kids flourish online, suggests a team of researchers in the U.K.

By Amy L. Eva, Vicki Zakrzewski | January 10, 2022

Greater Good’s editors pick the most inspiring and informative education books.

By Maryam Abdullah | December 13, 2021

Greater Good picks our favorite books to help parents and their kids thrive.

By Jill Suttie, Kira M. Newman, Jeremy Adam Smith, Jason Marsh | December 10, 2021

Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.