When a word comes to mean everything, it means nothing.

“The custom of the sea” ended with a landmark conviction in Britain.

Recent arrests highlight Beijing’s deep ideological hostility to religious life, which flourishes even in the face of repression

It turns out that we routinely underestimate the friendliness of the people around us.

In the realm of business, as in personal life, major breakdowns rarely happen overnight. Most relationships don’t implode in one spectacular argument or strategic rupture. Instead, they quietly fray in the day-to-day.

The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no U.S. ethnicity to back up the state.

Can the federal government maintain essential services with a significantly reduced workforce?

Here’s how to find (and use) yours. Like a good jazz ensemble, everyone on your team has different styles that can be harmonized.

We can’t assume friendships will just happen — we have to make them happen.

Engagement with technology, far from contributing to “brain rot,” may offer cognitive benefits to older adults.

There’s a tradition around many Thanksgiving dinner tables that’s as consistent as pumpkin pie: the family stories that get told year after year. Sometimes these stories are funny; sometimes they make us roll our eyes. No matter how we feel about them, we rarely pause to consider how these stories shape who we are and how we view the world. This week, we revisit a favorite 2024 conversation about family storytelling with psychologist Robyn Fivush. Then, in a new installment o

Business depends on innovation, but what makes it accelerate or stagnate over time? Thanks Kimberly!

Government-spec’d glory projects produce tech demos. Enduring progress demands a better way forward. Counterpoints KEY TAKEAWAYS OF FIRST LINK ABOVE: In this op-ed, Blake Scholl, CEO of Boom Supersonic, argues that government-led “glory projects” ultimately hurt the aerospace industry they were meant to advance. He writes that both the Apollo and Concorde programs chased prestige over practicality, producing technological marvels with no sustainable path forward. Scholl belie

At the foundation of America’s progress movement are immigrants who still believe this country can build. KEY TAKEAWAYS In October, the Roots of Progress Institute organized Progress Conference 2025 to connect people and ideas in the progress movement. In this dispatch from the conference, writer and RPI fellow Afra Wang explores how immigrant founders are driving America’s new era of “physical dynamism.” She finds that America’s capacity to build — and to believe in building

Before we can build the future, we have to imagine it. KEY TAKEAWAYS In this op-ed, Beatrice Erkers argues that progress begins with culture: the stories, symbols, and shared visions that make certain futures feel worth building. She explores how cultural forces like memes and movies act as “invisible infrastructure,” shaping technology, policy, and ambition long before they materialize in the real world. According to Erkers, we must deliberately invest in a culture of hope —

New special issue “The Engine of Progress” is out now.

He increasingly felt like he was wasting his time as a lawyer. Now, he hopes he can continue practicing his new profession until he’s 70.

From 2019 to 2024, the average number of minutes worked on Fridays fell by about 90 minutes in remote jobs.

By aligning the pursuit of business objectives with the meeting of human needs, companies can tap into powerful emotional forces in their current cultural situations.

When we routinely default to an attitude of mistrust, they create a negative loop that undermines relationships and hinders change.