Socialists and left populists have argued that a Democratic big tent should include figures like Hasan Piker. But the Democrats’ best coalition builder of the last 60 years, Barack Obama, had a different strategy.
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A Different Kind of College RankingÂ
When you stop giving points for snob appeal, the truly excellent ones shine through. Plus, our first-of-its-kind ranking of the best colleges for rural America.Â
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How Online Algorithms Rig the College Search ProcessÂ
Search engines steer students with fewer resources toward schools with worse outcomes, many of them predatory for-profits.Â
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Best Colleges for Rural America
These small-town universities deliver better value by a country mile.
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America’s Best Colleges for Research
The universities driving American innovation aren’t just in blue states—and neither is the damage from Trump’s research cuts.
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America’s Best Hispanic-Serving CollegesÂ
In a time of enrollment crunch, universities have a moral and existential obligation to serve the one student population that’s growing. We tracked how good a job they’re doing.Â
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Liberals Need to Care About the National Debt
Reining in the debt is the only way to achieve progressive goals.
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Good-Bye, Dolly: Farewell to an American IconÂ
Let’s hope this isn’t the last time we’re capable of being united in admiration.
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How to Pick a College in the Age of AI
From someone who has spent two decades running universities and the past few years studying how AI is likely to affect them, here is some advice for playing the odds.
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Richard Nixon and Wild Horses: A Love Story
The disgraced late president was an unlikely champion of this symbol of the Wild West.
