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Rest in Peace: Tatiana Schlossberg 1990-2025.

Tatiana Schlossberg (1990-2025)

by Jonathan Alter January 1, 2026January 7, 2026

My personal admiration for her Proustian writing and her Job-like mother.

The Running Ground

November/December 2025

Hitting His Stride

by Sara Bhatia November 2, 2025November 2, 2025

Nick Thompson was an above-average runner who suddenly, in middle age, started breaking world records—a mysterious success inspired by a complicated relationship with his father.

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Hitting His Stride

by Sara Bhatia October 28, 2025October 27, 2025

Nick Thompson was an above-average runner who suddenly, in middle age, started breaking world records—a mysterious success inspired by a complicated relationship with his father.

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

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Higher Ed’s Affordability Problem Isn’t Just the Price

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

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