hope

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Don’t give up on hope. The world needs it.

The planet is burning, the pandemic runs rampant, millions of refugees are adrift from their homes and Black and Indigenous lives are under constant threat. Now is no time to throw in the towel.
iran

"We want freedom"

Something big, and real, and tremendously heartening, writes Paul Wells, has been happening all weekend in Iran