Despite Polarization, Americans Agree: School Learning Losses Are a System Failure
Democrats and Republicans share dismay over how educators handled the pandemic and support alternatives.
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Biden and Trump Stoke Division While Complaining About It
The current and former presidents offer dueling but equally apocalyptic takes on this fall’s elections.
Chile Rejects Constitution That Would Have Banned 'Job Insecurity' and Disbanded the Senate
Whether voters will approve of whatever draft the government writes next remains to be seen.
Biden's Disturbing Speech Outside Independence Hall
Plus: The editors answer a question from a U.S. House candidate.
New Data Show COVID School Closures Contributed to Largest Learning Loss in Decades
Teachers unions and progressive politicians pushed for school closures during the pandemic. New assessments of 9-year-olds suggest a devastating learning loss.
Don't Blame Ranked Choice Voting. Sarah Palin Was a Bad Candidate.
Blaming the ballot system ignores the fact that many Alaskans simply did not think the former governor really represented them.
Bodycam Footage Raises Questions About NYPD Shooting of Rameek Smith
Plus: A banned books battle in Oklahoma, Wells Fargo is terminating sex workers' bank accounts, and more...
Arkansans Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization. But Their Votes May Not Count.
The measure will be on the ballot, but depending on how the state Supreme Court rules, the votes may just not be counted.
Liz Truss Is Britain's Next Prime Minister. Should Libertarians Be Happy?
Only time will tell if Truss reverses the big spending style of her predecessor.
In Philadelphia, Joe Biden Peddled a Competing Brand of Authoritarianism
The current president becomes what he criticizes by delegitimizing opposition.
Biden Forgets That Workers Are Consumers Too
Who does he think ultimately pays those taxes?
It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals
The FBI's long history of using informants and manufactured plots to prosecute extremists
Glenn Greenwald on the Deep State, Capitalism, and Identity Politics
"One of the things that the left and right have in common is an awareness that our government has essentially been co-opted by corporate power," says the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist.
Food Trucks From Colorado to Alabama Are Still Struggling With Red Tape and Protectionism
Denver blames food trucks for late night chaos, while a city councilman in Alabama says he straight up wants to protect restaurants.
The Libertarian Party's Internal Strife Is as Old as the Party Itself
An oral history of the Libertarian Party
Corey DeAngelis: COVID Lockdowns Made School Choice Inevitable
By forcing kids to learn from home, teachers unions did more to promote the need for radical K-12 education reform than a million activists.
New Loan Program for Black, Latino Neighborhoods Isn't 'Explicitly Racist'
But Bank of America's Community Affordable Loan Solution program will likely be a gentrification accelerating machine.
Trump Disregards Democracy, While Biden Ignores Its Dangers
The president's attack on the "extreme ideology" of "MAGA Republicans" elides the tension between majority rule and individual freedom.
The War on Terror Continues Apace in Africa
U.S. counterterrorism action in Somalia hasn’t been approved by Congress, but it rages on anyway.
Monkeypox Starts To Recede as Men at Risk Change Sexual Behavior
The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.
Review: HeidiWorld Wants You To Rethink Prostitution
Podcaster Molly Lambert's gambit to get listeners to critically examine the conflation of sex work is mostly successful.
Revenge of the Abortion Voters?
Republicans are losing ground in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Manhattan D.A. To Prosecute Domestic Violence Victim for Murder After Saying It Wasn't Murder
Alvin Bragg campaigned on Tracy McCarter’s innocence. Once in office, that was apparently less politically expedient.
Biden's Presidential Address Was Actually a Campaign Speech
Plus: Backpage appeal hits the 9th Circuit today, E.U. petition would ban anyone born after 2010 from ever buying nicotine products, and more...
Most Americans Support Student Debt Forgiveness Until They Think About It
New poll shows majority of Americans oppose student loan forgiveness once they become aware of the obvious tradeoffs involved, like higher inflation and rising tuition prices.
New York Legislators Seem To Think Posting 'Gun-Free Zone' Signs in Times Square Will Minimize Crime
Approximately 36 blocks around Times Square will now be deemed a "gun-free zone." What purpose is served by this?
Where Is the Republican Plan To Reform Public Health?
The GOP has understandably cast Anthony Fauci as a villain, but there are few plans to overhaul public health bureaucracies.
California Bureaucrats Want to Take Over Your Local Fast Food Joint
Where have we heard before about government councils dictating terms to nominally private enterprise?
Review: After Cult Leader Was Convicted, His Compound Was Raided by Child Protective Services
The Netflix docu-thriller Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey shows the downfall of Warren Jeffs and the unjustified taking of 450 children inside his religious community.
Christian Britschgi: Zoning Restrictions Worsen the Housing Crisis
Associate Editor Christian Britschgi breaks down how zoning restrictions distort the housing market.
These Emails Show How the Biden Administration's Crusade Against 'Misinformation' Imposes Censorship by Proxy
Social media companies are eager to appease the government by suppressing disfavored speech.
California Legislators Vote To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Running
Wonderful news for California's economy and consumers!
California Wants Everybody To Buy an Electric Car, but Its Own Energy Grid Can't Support It
Amid a heat wave, warnings were sent out not to recharge electric vehicles during peak hours.
Virginia Can't Force Bookstores To Card Kids for Books on Gender and Sexuality
An effort to ban sales of two books to minors ended with a Virginia judge saying that the state’s obscenity statute is “unconstitutional on its face."
The Biden Administration Is Taking From the Poor and Giving to the Rich
From student debt cancellation to green subsidies, the White House is giving handouts paid for by hardworking lower-wage Americans.
Why Won't the Biden Administration Join Gorsuch in Seeking To Overrule These Racist SCOTUS Precedents?
The Insular Cases “rest on a rotten foundation,” Gorsuch wrote.
Minnesota Engineering Board Fines, Censures Engineer-Activist for Calling Himself an Engineer
Licensing authorities are penalizing Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn for referring to himself as a professional engineer while his license was briefly expired.
Pro-American Propaganda on Social Media Had Little Impact—Just Like Russian Propaganda on Social Media
Plus: Chinese censorship targets feminists, a new view of income inequality, and more...
The New Abortion Prohibition Era
We already know what happens when governments try to impose prohibitions: messy, deadly black markets.
Alaska Elected a Democrat to Congress for the First Time in 50 Years
Mary Peltola will only be the third Democrat, as well as the first Native Alaskan, to represent Alaska since it became a state.
