Never Forgetting 9/11 Means Learning Lessons
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Summer 2026 Print Edition
In this issue
A Different Kind of College Ranking
How Online Algorithms Rig the College Search Process
Best Colleges for Rural America
America’s Best Colleges for Research
Politics
The Tower Stones of 9/11
A taste of my experiences and writing from a quarter century ago.
Education
The Internship Apocalypse Is Here
Summer jobs are increasingly pointless, but getting one has never mattered more.
Newsletter
Will a Wave of “Trump Regret” Lift Democratic Boats This Fall?
One in five Trump voters regrets their vote, according to a new survey from Navigator Research.
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Podcast
“Deceive, Disrupt, Deny.” The Looming Threat to This Fall’s Elections
Protect Democracy’s Beau Tremitiere offers tips on how citizens can do their part to ensure free and fair elections in November.
Could "Trump Regretters" Decide the Midterm Elections? | Tina Tang – Washington Monthly
- Could "Trump Regretters" Decide the Midterm Elections? | Tina Tang
- “Deceive, Disrupt, Deny.” The Looming Threat to This Fall’s Elections | Beau Tremitiere
- Identify theft. Food poisoning. Terrorism? Elon Musk's DOGE Has Made You Less Safe | Elaine Kamarck
- Why Autocracy Is Bad Business | Daniella Ballou-Aares
- How DOGE Broke the IRS | Danny Werfel
Law and Justice
Media’s Misleading Voting Coverage Poses Dangers
The press mischaracterized a recent Supreme Court ruling. It’s the kind of error that could have real-world electoral consequences.
The Monopolized Economy
Booming Oil Profits Show Why Policymakers Can’t “Wait and See” on Gas Prices
The latest data points to a refining market power problem that will endure even after the Strait reopens.
Health Care
The Health Care Crisis and How to Fix It
Democrats have glommed onto proposals such as the impractical Medicare for All and the inadequate public option. There’s a better way.
Russia’s War on Ukraine
Europe Struggles to Respond to Russian Attacks
Ukrainians warn their Western allies: “Putin is at war with you, too.”
Books
25 Years After 9/11, What Have We Learned?
A new history of the war on terror shows how badly both America and its enemies misunderstood the consequences of their own actions.
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