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The guy behind the Harvard lawsuit attacking affirmative action turns his ire on the service academies. West Point cadets cheer at a football game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen on December 9, 2023, at Gillette Stadium…
Nevada’s dueling primary and caucuses are wreaking avoidable chaos. Supporters of former US president and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump watch his speech on a screen outside a Commit to Caucus Rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 27, 2024. …
A brief history of the right’s long-running battle against higher education. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to activist and New College of Florida trustee Christopher Rufo before signing three education bills on the school’s campus in Sarasota, Florida, on May…
It could still happen — but the four prosecutions of Trump have been beset by delays and challenges. Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in…
In the 21st century, famine isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice. The war in Gaza is the latest example of the recent rise in global conflict creating humanitarian crises. Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images Dylan Scott covers health care for…
Swift represents a constituency they’re losing big time: Young women. Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Eras Tour at Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 24, 2023. Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images/TAS Rights Management Li Zhou is a politics reporter…
Today, Explained digs into the stigma associated with prostate cancer diagnosis like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s, and the fear many men have of the exam itself. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in October at the Pentagon. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Victoria Chamberlin…
Republicans blame Democrats for DC’s rising violent crime. The reality is much more complicated. A DC police officer stands at the scene of a fatal daytime shooting near Washington’s baseball stadium, Nationals Park, in December. The city’s striking homicide rate…
The Constitution gives the Biden administration nearly exclusive authority over matters of immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants the courts to change that. US Border Patrol agents stand near a razor wire barrier erected near the US-Mexico border by the…
National festivities this week danced on Indian secularism’s grave — and pointed to an existential threat to Indian democracy. People in Ayodhya watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony on January 22, 2024. Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto/Getty Images…