The College Pricing Game
When President Biden canceled college debt last month, he left untouched the problem that created that debt: the soaring price of college.In the 1980s, the list price of undergraduate education at a p...
14 Sep 202226min
Is Ukraine Turning the Tide in the War?
Over the weekend, Ukraine’s military stunned the world. After months of a kind of stalemate, its military took hundreds of miles of territory back from Russia — its biggest victory since the start of ...
13 Sep 202221min
Serena Williams’s Final Run
The U.S. Open crowned its winners this weekend. But for a lot of fans, this year’s competition was less about who won, and more about a player who wasn’t even involved in the final matches.Serena Will...
12 Sep 202242min
The Sunday Read: ‘How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right’
The Claremont Institute, a right-wing think tank in California, has in recent years become increasingly influential in Republican circles. In 2016, its goal was to turn Donald J. Trump into a legitima...
11 Sep 202259min
How Queen Elizabeth II Preserved the Monarchy
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday brought to an end a remarkable reign that spanned seven decades, 15 prime ministers and 14 American presidents.During her time on the throne, which saw the ...
9 Sep 202233min
Is California Jump-Starting the Electric Vehicle Revolution?
As California watches the impact of rising temperatures devastate its environment with brutal heat waves and raging fires, the state is taking increasingly far-reaching steps to combat climate change....
8 Sep 202233min
A Nuclear Power Plant on Ukraine’s Front Lines
A counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces to try to drive Russian troops out of southern Ukraine has placed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, directly in the path of the fighti...
7 Sep 202223min
Introducing: 'The Run-Up'
In November, Americans will head to the polls for the first nationwide election since the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But what happens this fall won’t just be about who wins and who loses. On the fi...
6 Sep 202214min
