Bonds That Combat the Isolation of Military Life In an era when the military is all-volunteer, building communities helps warriors and their families bear all of the domestic hardships. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
When a Few Bucks Can Get Students to the Finish Line In Georgia, keeping students solvent until graduation brings their university big dividends. By TINA ROSENBERG
A School Where Raising the Bar Lifts Hope Inviting low-income high-schoolers into advanced-level courses can get them past fears that they’re not college material. By SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ
How to Fight a Soaring Drug Price: Innovate When EpiPen prices soared to $600 for two, a Maine doctor designed a device that duplicates its lifesaving function for next to nothing. By SHEFALI LUTHRA
Building Trust Cuts Violence. Cash Also Helps. A straightforward deal with young gunmen to turn peaceful is succeeding in a California city long known for its violence. By RIKHA SHARMA RANI
Even in Texas, Mass Imprisonment Is Going Out of Style In many states, reducing the rate of incarceration has become a bipartisan goal. By TINA ROSENBERG
Preparing Young Americans for a Complex World When students explore foreign cultures, they learn not just about others, but also about themselves. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
From Protests Past, Lessons in What Works The record-breaking turnout for the Women’s March leaves open a big question: What comes next? By TINA ROSENBERG
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
Bonds That Combat the Isolation of Military Life In an era when the military is all-volunteer, building communities helps warriors and their families bear all of the domestic hardships. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
When a Few Bucks Can Get Students to the Finish Line In Georgia, keeping students solvent until graduation brings their university big dividends. By TINA ROSENBERG
A School Where Raising the Bar Lifts Hope Inviting low-income high-schoolers into advanced-level courses can get them past fears that they’re not college material. By SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ
How to Fight a Soaring Drug Price: Innovate When EpiPen prices soared to $600 for two, a Maine doctor designed a device that duplicates its lifesaving function for next to nothing. By SHEFALI LUTHRA
Building Trust Cuts Violence. Cash Also Helps. A straightforward deal with young gunmen to turn peaceful is succeeding in a California city long known for its violence. By RIKHA SHARMA RANI
Even in Texas, Mass Imprisonment Is Going Out of Style In many states, reducing the rate of incarceration has become a bipartisan goal. By TINA ROSENBERG
Preparing Young Americans for a Complex World When students explore foreign cultures, they learn not just about others, but also about themselves. By DAVID BORNSTEIN
From Protests Past, Lessons in What Works The record-breaking turnout for the Women’s March leaves open a big question: What comes next? By TINA ROSENBERG
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