Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This anxious century has not given people much to feel optimistic about—yet most of us resist pessimism. Things must improve. They will get better. They have to.

Dr. Singer was a special adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization from 2017 to 2023. Global health and development are too dependent on Western charity. The status quo was ...

Party leaders disagree sharply on how to interpret the losses that gave Republicans complete control of the federal government, with some calling for a reinvention and others a wait-and-see. By Shane ...