Culture

It recognizes an important moment in US history when nearly a quarter of a million men, women, and children were freed.

David Brooks checks in with Jonathan Haidt for a conversation about the forces competing for the future and how the pandemic could shift culture around everything from trust to truth.

This SOF Digital Discussion featured renowned psychotherapist and author of The New York Times bestselling book, “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” Lori Gottlieb who provided insights into the human condition during times of crisis, sharing stories of the patients she sees as a therapist, along with her own as a “card-carrying member of the human race.” Moderated by digital director at OprahMag.com, Arianna Davis.

Students at Marion C. Moore High School in Louisville, Kentucky explore how identity and an understanding of self can affect mental health.

The Better Arguments Projec teaches Americans how to have better arguments and fewer divides, and joins forces with local organizations to talk to people on all sides of polarizing issues.

Babies are more likely than older children to end up in foster care despite being more vulnerable developmentally. A new initiative is changing that, says Myra Jones-Taylor. Instead of blame, Safe Babies Court Teams helps parents become confident, stable caretakers, so babies can leave foster care and go home.

What does it mean to eat like a human? Bill Schindler, the director of the Eastern Shore Food Lab at Washington College in Maryland, challenged the audience to ditch the processed food that makes up the bulk of the typical American diet.

Will building delight into cities make them more cloying or more fun?

Ditching likes for facial scans could be the way to a kinder, if creepier, online world.