The historian and author of Utopia for Realists says that research shows that "especially in times of crisis, we show our best selves. And we get... In 'Humankind,' Rutger Bregman Aims To Convince ...

Then, after their belated tightening, the lockdown rules held much more firmly than government and its advisers foresaw. For most people, solidarity trumped self-interest. The desire to break loose ...

Rutger Bregman begins his new book Humankind: A Hopeful History with what he calls this "radical idea" that most people deep down are pretty decent. Bregman is a historian and writer for The ...