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Hungary Shows Us How to Do It
A campaign fueled by unity and hope deposed a 16-year autocrat.
Apr 16
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
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Blue Marble Redux
The Artemis mission couldn’t have come at a better time.
Apr 9
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
25
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Global Terrorism Has Been Shrinking for a Decade
2025 was a remarkably good year, but it’s too early to take the trend for granted.
Apr 2
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
10
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March 2026
The Underpopulation Bomb
Underpopulation requires levelheaded thinking, just as overpopulation once did.
Mar 26
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
17
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The American Good List
Do Americans truly deserve their poor opinion of one another?
Mar 19
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
21
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Will Pay for Happy Chickens
Poultry welfare has been quietly improving across the globe.
Mar 12
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
21
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The World Is Much Less Murderous
We're literally aging out of killing one another.
Mar 5
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
13
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LLMs Are Antithetical to Writing and Humanity
The big brains gone wild have come bearing gifts again. Should we accept them?
Mar 3
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The Progress Network
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Brian Leli
2
2
February 2026
What Are Smartphones Good For?
Emergency rescue, it turns out.
Feb 26
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
9
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Gen Z, Guardians of Democracy
Protests have led to possibility in at least three spots around the globe.
Feb 19
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
23
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The 'Quad God' Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Olympics—and sports in general—keep moving forward.
Feb 12
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
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Covid's Quiet Retreat
The cause of a generation-defining pandemic has become just another ordinary disease.
Feb 5
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The Progress Network
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Emma Varvaloucas
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