Op-Eds From the Future

It’s 2046, and the “Estate Craze” is setting the music industry on a dangerous path.

Giving people sentences that we know they will never be able to serve undermines our criminal justice system.

The micro- and macro-organisms that saved humanity from our climate crisis are now changing us — and might destroy us.

Even though STEM job prospects are slim in the 2050s, science education shouldn’t be reduced to an elective.

It’s 2031. If we can share our city with raccoons and birds, we can learn to live with scooters, too.

Keeping the “human free” facility running requires the work of third-party contractors, who are often put into dangerous situations.

Thanks to a landmark ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion is now illegal everywhere except New York (and Hawaii). But a new bill threatens the legal status of abortions.

We should stop worrying that kids these days refuse to say “no worries” in response to “thank you.”

In the Asteroid Belt, exploited miners are working in dangerous conditions.

The benefits of automation should be broadly distributed through an expanded social safety net.