When women’s political instincts challenge policing, borders and coercive authority­—empathy suddenly becomes dangerous.

Empathy is partly unconscious and automatic, and we vary in the degree to which we have learned to embrace empathy. Some, like Sebastian, require transformational experiences before we can enhance our ...

The argument that empathy is at the root of violence, cruelty, and callousness is flawed and irrational on multiple levels, yet it is a catalyst for much needed clarification about what empathy ...

Following the 2020 George Floyd incident in Minneapolis and the emergence of Black Lives Matter-inspired criminal justice reform, a movement swept across many of America’s big cities, treating violent ...

Anger is the kind of feeling people try to tamp down, out of fear that it will ignite and explode. Pretending your anger doesn't exist causes it to compress itself, making a home in the small space of ...

On Dec. 4, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was shot outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan. The bullet casings found at the scene had the words “delay, deny, depose” written on ...

We all know someone who seems to carry a storm cloud around with them, seemingly furious at the world. While it’s tempting to chalk it up to a short fuse or a bad day, there's often more going on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. While it's difficult to navigate the intense anger your ...