California runs the nation’s largest welfare system, devoting more than $180 billion annually to food, health care, and other programs for the poor and downtrodden. To sustain the arrangement, the ...

One reason for the change is the work of Derald Wing Sue, a psychologist whose racialist theories upended his field. His ideology captured professional organizations and accreditation bodies and ...

Ten years ago, New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones explained her decision to enroll her daughter, Najya, in a segregated, high-poverty Brooklyn public school, P.S. 307, despite having ...

Three years ago, the FPI made headlines by pointing out that millionaires generally move between states at a lower rate than ...

City Hall’s preferential treatment of friendly content creators raises questions about access, transparency, and ...

Public confidence is down in an age of collapsing institutional trust, but Americans still generally support the Court’s rulings.

According to recent CDC data, United States births declined to another record low in 2025. The fertility rate now stands at 1.57 births per woman, not far above the “ultra-low” threshold of 1.3—a ...

New York spends more than any other state on public education, pays teachers more generously than most other states, and has ...

But there is a better approach to AI safety, one that runs through the old-fashioned legal system. Torts, or legal claims for ...

At a Columbia University symposium, speakers questioned whether security measures in the post-9/11 world have become a ...

Medicare Part D was clearly in need of a tune-up in 2022. But the CBO too readily accepted claims that it would be possible to reduce costs for beneficiaries and expand their access to drugs without ...