Challenging Assumptions

Articles, poems, stories and thoughts by Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley. Everything published here will always remain free to read.

A nurturing space to tend to your story and the story of the earth that holds us. What story do you want to write? What story do you want to be? How do we craft small lives well and keep hope in a challenging world?

Welcome to the Great Educational Awakening! Here you will find stories, research, and insights on human behavior, psychology, child development, and learning outside the standard schooling model.

Commentary, analysis and occasional deep dives, all in the public interest.

Redefining environmental journalism. The New Lede is an initiative of EWG.

Helping parents understand their children as individuals, trust natural learning, and respond with clarity.

A guide to challenging cultural norms around children's autonomy, consent, mothering, care work and education from a lens of unschooling and collective liberation.