Hopes Week

The World Feels Hopeless. I Talked To Christian Scholars About What To Do.
“We don’t have any special wisdom. We don’t have special answers.”

This Is What Hope Sounds Like
After finding myself in the ER in March, I had to learn to listen to the world again.

2020 Has Taught Me You Have To Be Intentional About Turning Toward Hope
This has been a year of wincing and waiting for the next blow. I’ve learned that hope is best understood not as an emotion, but an orientation.

They Found Love In A Hopeless Place: Tales of Pandemic Dating
“I’m chiding them for breaking the rules, and I had hooked up with this guy and was now potentially super-spreading to my family.”

Protest Is Part Of The Black American Tradition. Young Activists Are Reshaping The Movement In Their Image.
“Who exactly was this a reckoning for? Not for me.” Four very different young Black activists doing the work on why we’re here and what comes next.

Gen Z Is Not Going To Save Us And That's OK
“I have a following of people who think I’m funny and somewhat attractive, and it’s helped me get through thinking I’m not worth anything.”

“The Unicorn”: How One Man Successfully Gained Asylum In Trump’s America
He fled Honduras, was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Mexico, and fought the US immigration system without a lawyer. Is Francisco’s story one of hope, or luck?

Why These Women Chose To Get Pregnant While The Country Collapses Around Them
Six women spoke with BuzzFeed News about their fears about bringing a child into a world that feels on the edge of collapse — and why they’re choosing to do it anyway.

I Told Civil Rights Activists I Was Feeling Hopeless. They Responded: “Are You Kidding Me?”
"Despite abject slavery of the most vicious, degenerate, immoral type, we stand taller, see further, and reach higher because we stand on the shoulders of giants.”