empathy

A group of protesters protect an injured man, taking him to safety during a U.K. protest (Luke Dray/Getty Images)

If anything will save us from the plight of 2020, it’s empathy

Michael Coren: We’ve seen evidence of it already. The very act of wearing a mask, for example, is a leap of empathy by thinking in the communal and behaving in the fraternal.

The world is broken—and human kindness is the only solution

From politics to health care to economics, a rising movement is calling for compassion as a remedy for systems on the brink

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Powerful people are less compassionate

It may seem obvious to the cynics (realists? socialists?) among us, but more power equals less heart, according to Berkeley researchers.