Commentary: How do we support young people’s desire to serve society?
I never imagined that, after graduating from college and working in the offices of a respected consulting firm in the Midwest, I would one day walk away from what... Read more.
Commentary: Subsidizing insurance just props up dysfunction. Empower consumers instead
Kim-Lien Nguyen Congress ended its impasse to reopen the government, but the Democrats’ reason for the shutdown remains unresolved: the renewal of expiring subsidies... Read more.
Commentary: A broken pipeline — Costing us our next generation of scientists
Science has always relied on young innovators to drive progress. In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, still PhD students, founded Google. More recently, in 2020... Read more.
Commentary: Giving thanks can be an act of unity
Two stories anchor our oldest holiday. Both took place in times of division and deprivation. And both offer a hopeful note about who we can be when we try. The first,... Read more.
Commentary: Why we’re mired in an ‘affordability crisis’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell famously described the high inflation that had just started dragging down U.S. consumers in July 2021 as “transitory.”... Read more.
Commentary: How could Marjorie Taylor Greene make a comeback?
Ryan W. Powers In a video posted to X late Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., announced she’d be resigning from Congress in early January, only halfway... Read more.
Commentary: U.S. rejection of climate science is a call to action for the rest of the world
Eugene Linden If there was any doubt that the current U.S. administration is the world’s greatest threat to action on climate change, President Donald Trump removed... Read more.
Commentary: ICE is grabbing US citizens, defying its own rules and the Constitution
Raul A. Reyes Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to work in Chicago last month when she drove onto a street where an immigration enforcement action was in progress.... Read more.
Commentary: Facing the past and confronting generations of racism in Alabama
Beau Breslin I come from a long line of racists. Tracing my ancestry back to the early 19th century, I discovered that my great-great-great-grandfather emigrated... Read more.
Commentary: 50-year mortgages won’t fix the affordability crisis
E.J. Antoni Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, recently floated the idea of offering people a 50-year mortgage instead of the more conventional... Read more.