Peter Singer

Governments are starting to regard mental health as seriously as they do physical health. Increasing spending on mental health could reduce an immense amount of misery -- and at no cost in the long run.

Plant and Singer: The moral urgency of mental health

November 24, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.

Governments are starting to regard mental health as seriously as they do physical health. Increasing spending on mental health could reduce an immense amount of misery -- and at no...

Counter-protesters line the route taken by white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" during the Aug. 12 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. After clashes between the two sides, the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was slated to be removed.

Singer: Is violence the way to fight racism?

August 25, 2017 at 4:16 p.m.

There can be no equating of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with those who oppose racism. But a close reading of President Trump鈥檚 remarks聽on Charlottesville suggests that a more charitable interpretation...

Demonstrators protest President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration on Jan. 28 at Denver International Airport.

Singer: The first victims of Donald Trump’s presidency

February 4, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

Eight days after Trump took office, the first identifiable victims of his presidency were on all the major news outlets.

Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader speaks at the University of Nevada, Reno, on March 13, 2000. In that year's presidential election, Nader received enough votes to have a significant effect on the outcome.

Singer: Please, fellow Greens, don’t elect Donald Trump

August 13, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

By Peter Singer, Project Syndicate I鈥檓 a Green. I鈥檝e twice been the Australian Greens鈥� candidate for a seat in Australia鈥檚 federal parliament. But on Nov. 8, all of the good...

Health workers prepare to spray insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus under the bleachers of the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 26. The venue will be used for the archery competition in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Singer: Should the world go to Rio?

June 25, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Should the 2016 Summer Olympic Games be postponed or moved elsewhere? This is a difficult decision, and the facts are still not clear enough.

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