Below are posts I’ve written on social problems such as poverty, inequality, racism, sexism and violence. I’ve added columns on social progress and Noam Chomsky, too. Please inform me about missing stories, broken links or other issues.—John Horgan
POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
Is Nuclear War the Only Cure for Inequality?
Education Isn't Helping Americans Overcome Deepening Inequality
Dear Occupy Wall Street: Read Jeffrey Sachs!
SEXISM
Darwin Was Sexist, and So Are Many Modern Scientists
Do Women Want to be Oppressed?
Google Engineer Fired for Sexist Memo Isn’t a Hero
RACISM AND BIO-DETERMINISM
Should Research on Race and IQ Be Banned?
My Problem with “Taboo” Behavioral Genetics? The Science Stinks!
Quest for Intelligence Genes Turns Out More Dubious Results
Have Researchers Really Discovered Any Genes for Behavior?
Defending Stephen Jay Gould’s Crusade Against Biological Determinism
GAY RIGHTS
How Christian Homophobes Misuse my “Gay Gene” Report
Bizarre Brain-Implant Experiment Sought to “Cure” Homosexuality
VIOLENCE
Dear Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Please Work to End War
Dear Anti-Trump Protestors, Please Renounce Violence
Antiwar Movement Spreads among Tech Workers
Selma’s Timely--and Empirically Sound—Message on Nonviolence.
Lax U.S. Gun Controls Pose a Greater Threat Than Terrorism
California Shootings Expose Need for More Gun Control, Not Counterterrorism.
How Many Massacres Will It Take for Gutless Politicians to Stand Up to Gun Nuts?
A Modest Proposal for Curbing Homicides: Socialism.
Meta-Post: Horgan Posts on War and Peace
PROGRESS
Yes, Trump Is Scary, but Don't Lose Faith in Progress
Why You Should Choose Optimism
In Defense of Wishful Thinking
E.O. Wilson's Thrilling Prophecy of "Paradise" on Earth
NOAM CHOMSKY
Noam Chomsky Calls Trump and Republican Allies "Criminally Insane"
Noam Chomsky Is So Anti-Establishment He Disses Himself
Advice to Young Science Writers: Ask “What Would Chomsky Think?”
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