For centuries, Africa has suffered at the hands of opportunists seeking to enrich themselves at the continent’s expense, with far-reaching results.

Which China we see will determine how we view the implications of its awakening.

The decade following the 1918–20 flu pandemic is remembered as a time of freedom—both for growth and for selfish excess. How are the post-COVID 2020s likely to shape up?

Vision reviews Noreena Hertz’s The Lonely Century. The author contends that the loneliness pandemic, too, must end, and outlines how we can make that happen.

Values play a key role in our understanding of history. A shift in those values may demand that we recontextualize the past.

Conspiracy theories have been with us for a long time. We’re now in the age of conspiracism: no need for a theory, just a social media platform.

The global scourge of discarded plastic—from macro- to microscopic—is finally starting to get the attention it deserves.

Though it’s the world’s dominant economic system, capitalism’s excesses are drawing increasing criticism.