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Public schools are responsible for educating all students; however, in poor and minority communities, they often don’t succeed. Students in high-poverty schools face great challenges, most notably a severe lack of funding and resources compared to ...

High Poverty Schools can be High Performing

Public schools are responsible for educating all students; however, in poor and minority communities, they often don’t succeed. Students in high-poverty schools face great challenges, most notably a severe lack of funding and resources compared to ...

As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political commentators have been quick to temper the left’s jubilation in anticipation of a divisive transfer of power that...

Democracy’s Undemocratic Transition of Power

As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political commentators have been quick to temper the left’s jubilation in anticipation of a divisive transfer of power that...

Meat (and its absence) is a hallmark of cultures all across the world. Hindus don’t eat beef, Muslims don’t eat pork, and a number of Dharmic religions make vegetarianism a centerpiece of their faith. However, meat is not only a religious and cul...

Political Meat and Fake Meat

Meat (and its absence) is a hallmark of cultures all across the world. Hindus don’t eat beef, Muslims don’t eat pork, and a number of Dharmic religions make vegetarianism a centerpiece of their faith. However, meat is not only a religious and cul...

Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy, recorded the 14th straight year of decline in global freedom. Individuals in 64 countries experienced deterioration in...

Is Democracy Dying?

Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy, recorded the 14th straight year of decline in global freedom. Individuals in 64 countries experienced deterioration in...

In 2020, 300 families were forced to flee the rural town of Totumito, Colombia after the massacre of eight civilians, permanently abandoning their homes. They sought safety from the violence that has proliferated throughout the country since the 2016...

A Fragile Peace: How Duque Has Failed Colombia

In 2020, 300 families were forced to flee the rural town of Totumito, Colombia after the massacre of eight civilians, permanently abandoning their homes. They sought safety from the violence that has proliferated throughout the country since the 2016...

2019 was a historically disastrous year for the British Labour Party. The December election produced its worst defeat since 1935, giving Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s conservatives a crushing majority of 80 seats. Perhaps even more shocking than t...

Labour’s Path Back to Power

2019 was a historically disastrous year for the British Labour Party. The December election produced its worst defeat since 1935, giving Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s conservatives a crushing majority of 80 seats. Perhaps even more shocking than t...

Shut down borders, limit nonessential travel, and reduce density in shared spaces. Provide personal protective equipment, get tested, and quarantine if symptomatic.  These are the guidelines that have been emphasized by the Centers for Disease C...

How a Federal Agency Became a Covid Superspreader

Shut down borders, limit nonessential travel, and reduce density in shared spaces. Provide personal protective equipment, get tested, and quarantine if symptomatic.  These are the guidelines that have been emphasized by the Centers for Disease C...

Tensions between the United States and China, fueled by a combination of American enmity towards the global rise of China, President Trump’s years-long trade war, and most recently, the Coronavirus pandemic, are higher than they have been for decad...

TikTok and WeChat: Threats or Scapegoats?

Tensions between the United States and China, fueled by a combination of American enmity towards the global rise of China, President Trump’s years-long trade war, and most recently, the Coronavirus pandemic, are higher than they have been for decad...