Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Long Fight for Equality

As an advocate and a judge, she has used ingenuity, tenacity, and strategic brilliance to attack the legal foundations of discrimination in America.

How Capitalism Lost Its Way

The modern American economy is not just unfair. It’s ruining our democracy.

To counter the threat of authoritarianism, the left must focus on expanding voting rights.

If laws are like sausages—unpleasant to watch being made—then party whips are their indispensible chefs.

A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.

by Bruno V. Manno

Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

by Bruno V. Manno

High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.

by Jon Marcus

New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.

by Michael T. Nietzel