If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It The science writer Gary Taubes says the evidence linking sugar to obesity and diabetes is inconclusive, but that doesn’t mean sugar is safe. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
Injecting Drugs, Under a Watchful Eye Giving users a supervised place and clean needles increases use of treatment and saves lives. By TINA ROSENBERG
A Fix for Gender Bias in Health Care? Check At Johns Hopkins Hospital, a simple checklist virtually erased a disparity in treatment between men and women. By JESSICA NORDELL
A Bipartisan Reason to Save Obamacare The law is leading a health care transformation even Republicans like. By TINA ROSENBERG
From Many Corners, Journalism Seeking Solutions In 2016, on subjects from prison punishment and urban planning to selling vinyl records, reporters focused on fixing, not just describing, problems. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
A Year of Big Ideas in Social Change New strides in how to make doing the right thing easy were one recurring theme of the Fixes column during the year just ending. By TINA ROSENBERG
Wanted: Leaders to Turn Interfaith Conflict Into Trust With Trump aggravating religious tensions in America, a Muslim author focuses on training leaders to spread interfaith values. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
The Art of the Protest If Americans hate the direction their next president takes, they have the right to demonstrate peacefully. Here’s how protesting has succeeded. By TINA ROSENBERG
When Reportage Turns to Cynicism Trump listened to the media’s drumbeat of problems without remedies and turned it into a winning narrative of doom that only he could fix. By DAVID BORNSTEIN and TINA ROSENBERG
Up in the Sky, Help to Keep Africans From Starving Satellite images help insurers predict when drought is likely to kill cattle, so they can aid herders whose own lives depend on their livestock. By TINA ROSENBERG
Australia’s Lesson for a Thirsty California In its “millennium drought” a society changed citizens’ habits. Conserving water, they kept reservoirs from running dry. By SYLVIA ROWLEY
Don’t Lock ’Em Up. Give ’Em a Chance to Quit Drugs. Seattle tries a program to reduce incarceration of addicts, and other cities begin to follow. By CAROLINE PRESTON
Refugees Need a Nation’s Better Angels In a time of fear about migrants, it’s worth remembering that finding and resettling the world’s neediest refugees is an American tradition. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
For Better Citizenship, Scratch and Win Across the globe, a slim chance of winning in a lottery can get people to vote, pay taxes, drive slower or make sex safe. By TINA ROSENBERG
In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty Microfinance and small rooftop panels can transform lives in a country where the electric grid reaches just 25 percent of the population. By AMY YEE
Reviving House Calls by Doctors Especially when treating the aging, house calls can benefit doctor, patient and the nation’s health care budget. By TINA ROSENBERG
Modern Housing With Village Virtues With cohousing, communities are designed and organized for families to depend on one another. By COURTNEY E. MARTIN
For Refugees in Lebanon, Cash Instead of Camps With debit cards rather than bagged food, refugees buy their produce, live in more dignity, and raise less resentment among their Lebanese neighbors. By TINA ROSENBERG
Putting the Power of Self-Knowledge to Work A person’s understanding of their own early trauma can lead to transformative change. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
How Community Networks Stem Childhood Traumas In different parts of Washington State, working together on local agendas was a key to chipping away at social ills. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It The science writer Gary Taubes says the evidence linking sugar to obesity and diabetes is inconclusive, but that doesn’t mean sugar is safe. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
Injecting Drugs, Under a Watchful Eye Giving users a supervised place and clean needles increases use of treatment and saves lives. By TINA ROSENBERG
A Fix for Gender Bias in Health Care? Check At Johns Hopkins Hospital, a simple checklist virtually erased a disparity in treatment between men and women. By JESSICA NORDELL
A Bipartisan Reason to Save Obamacare The law is leading a health care transformation even Republicans like. By TINA ROSENBERG
From Many Corners, Journalism Seeking Solutions In 2016, on subjects from prison punishment and urban planning to selling vinyl records, reporters focused on fixing, not just describing, problems. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
A Year of Big Ideas in Social Change New strides in how to make doing the right thing easy were one recurring theme of the Fixes column during the year just ending. By TINA ROSENBERG
Wanted: Leaders to Turn Interfaith Conflict Into Trust With Trump aggravating religious tensions in America, a Muslim author focuses on training leaders to spread interfaith values. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
The Art of the Protest If Americans hate the direction their next president takes, they have the right to demonstrate peacefully. Here’s how protesting has succeeded. By TINA ROSENBERG
When Reportage Turns to Cynicism Trump listened to the media’s drumbeat of problems without remedies and turned it into a winning narrative of doom that only he could fix. By DAVID BORNSTEIN and TINA ROSENBERG
Up in the Sky, Help to Keep Africans From Starving Satellite images help insurers predict when drought is likely to kill cattle, so they can aid herders whose own lives depend on their livestock. By TINA ROSENBERG
Australia’s Lesson for a Thirsty California In its “millennium drought” a society changed citizens’ habits. Conserving water, they kept reservoirs from running dry. By SYLVIA ROWLEY
Don’t Lock ’Em Up. Give ’Em a Chance to Quit Drugs. Seattle tries a program to reduce incarceration of addicts, and other cities begin to follow. By CAROLINE PRESTON
Refugees Need a Nation’s Better Angels In a time of fear about migrants, it’s worth remembering that finding and resettling the world’s neediest refugees is an American tradition. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
For Better Citizenship, Scratch and Win Across the globe, a slim chance of winning in a lottery can get people to vote, pay taxes, drive slower or make sex safe. By TINA ROSENBERG
In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty Microfinance and small rooftop panels can transform lives in a country where the electric grid reaches just 25 percent of the population. By AMY YEE
Reviving House Calls by Doctors Especially when treating the aging, house calls can benefit doctor, patient and the nation’s health care budget. By TINA ROSENBERG
Modern Housing With Village Virtues With cohousing, communities are designed and organized for families to depend on one another. By COURTNEY E. MARTIN
For Refugees in Lebanon, Cash Instead of Camps With debit cards rather than bagged food, refugees buy their produce, live in more dignity, and raise less resentment among their Lebanese neighbors. By TINA ROSENBERG
Putting the Power of Self-Knowledge to Work A person’s understanding of their own early trauma can lead to transformative change. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
How Community Networks Stem Childhood Traumas In different parts of Washington State, working together on local agendas was a key to chipping away at social ills. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
