With the addition this year of Sweden and last spring of Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Baltic Sea has been dubbed a “NATO lake” by some analysts....
America has had a generation gap from the very start, and generational warfare for almost as long. But in at least one area, I believe a cease-fire is possible: We can en...
It is hard to imagine Americans afraid to celebrate America. But as our nation’s 250th birthday approaches in 2026, there is already some nervous hand-wringing about how ...
Of the many heartbreaks and hellish outcomes that the COVID era delivered, few compare to the experience that Georgia state Rep. Matt Hatchett and so many others had when...
Nonprofits are feeding supporters a steady stream of petitions to sign and requests for checks. Here’s how to make them effective citizen advocates.
Since I founded the a...
Now that the 2024 presidential nominees for both major parties have been decided, what promises to be a truly historic campaign is in full swing. And while primary electi...
Although college isn’t for everyone, earning a degree still offers a pathway to success for many Americans. Yet each year, hundreds of thousands of low-income, college-re...
This year promises to be a whopper for elective government, with billions of people — or more than 40% of the world’s population — able to vote in an election. But nearly...
If you follow education policy at all, you’ve probably heard about the looming “Fiscal Cliff.” As pandemic-era federal support runs out, school districts that used tempor...
Older adults add incredible value to America’s workforce. But increasingly seniors are returning to work to merely make ends meet. Low savings, longer lives and a rickety...
Iran’s supreme leader has been enjoying himself lately on X, the social media platform. In one post, he delighted at pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. campuses; in another...
Whether or not you side with the student protesters making waves at Columbia University and other college campuses over the war in Gaza, we can probably all agree that ir...
The We the People competition has trained young Americans to know and engage in our democratic system for more than 30 years.
It has long been recorded that Benjamin Fran...
As the magnitude of the bird flu outbreak in cattle becomes clearer, so does the need to quickly get a firmer grip on some basic facts. Namely, how far this H5N1 virus ha...
Decades of research show that on average, children who grow up with parents who are not married and living together have worse achievement and behavioral and well-being o...
It has been nearly seven years since the #MeToo movement rocked social media, with millions of women posting publicly about their experiences of sexual assault in respons...
Recently, while cleaning out my basement, I came across a picture of myself from 1983. The photo was taken at my Reform Movement Jewish summer camp, located on several ac...
Across the country, most high school classrooms still resemble their 20th century counterparts despite massive changes in the workforce over the past 50 years.
Today’s jo...
I’m a small-business owner who employs 40 people in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, policymakers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., are considering new regulations that wou...
Over 200 days into Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to decide what matters more: extracting ultimate revenge on Hamas, and in t...
It’s easy to understand why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is so upset about the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to ban noncompete agreements. The problem for businesse...
In recent days, the inflation indicators have stubbornly signaled that a high tide of prices is still soaking us consumers. Growing at a 3.5% annual rate in March, the Co...
Now that the House of Representatives, acting in an unusually bipartisan way, has finally passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, the big question is what the Ukrai...
For months, supporters of the embattled Ukrainians have contended there was a bipartisan House majority that would back continued U.S. military support if only its Republ...
For high school seniors from the Class of 2024 who plan to attend college in the fall, these are tense days.
The traditional May 1 deadline for picking a school is fast a...
The environmental disaster caused by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last year should have spurred federal lawmakers to take seriously the need to improve rai...
For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his troops on the front line, relief is hopefully coming soon.
On Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives muscled thro...
What are we to make of the anonymous jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York? The practice has long had its critics.
First let’s get technical:...
If you’re searching for insight into the likelihood of a second American civil war, you won’t find it in “Civil War,” a film written and directed by Alex Garland and curr...
Tax Day has now passed, and people have money on their minds.
You may have read news reports that people should not spend certain bank notes because they may be worth tho...
