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AI is wiping out internships and automating the work interns do, even as landing one becomes more important for getting a full-time job.

Higher Education

The Internship Apocalypse Is Here

by Alex Bronzini-Vender August 27, 2026August 30, 2026

A Radically Simple Plan to Fix Higher Education

by Kevin Carey August 26, 2026August 26, 2026

Trump’s deficits and ballooning U.S. debt are rattling the bond market. Clinton’s approach to budget surpluses offer a blueprint.

What Donald Trump Could Learn from Bill Clinton About the Bond Market

by Robert J. Shapiro August 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Renee Good's ICE shooting was filmed by bystanders. Most shootings into allegedly "weaponized vehicles" produce no competing footage at all.

Law and Justice

Narrative Vehicles

by Susan Berardi August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

DOGE Has Made Americans Less Safe

by Anne Kim August 23, 2026August 21, 2026

Obituary. Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit by Sam Roberts Bloomsbury, 252 pp.

Books

Dead Reckoning

by Timothy Noah August 21, 2026August 21, 2026

Workforce Pell

Higher Education

Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder

by Bruno V. Manno August 20, 2026August 30, 2026

Ukraine is scaling ground drones for supply runs, evacuations, and combat assaults—offering a glimpse of the next phase of robotic warfare.

Russia’s War on Ukraine

The Next Big Thing in the Ukraine War: Ground Drones

by Tamar Jacoby August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Hakeem Jeffries is betting that moderates can unite the party around progressive policies while keeping their distance from socialism.

Americans Like Moderate Politicians and Progressive Policies, But Not Socialism

by Bill Scher August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

U.S. colleges are losing their edge as cuts, high costs, fewer international students, and departing scholars weaken American universities.

Higher Education

Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline

by Jon Marcus August 17, 2026August 17, 2026

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