Addiction, dysfunction, and the battle for Portland. It’s 10:30 p.m. on West Burnside Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Morbid figures drag themselves up and down the street. They have erected tents on ...

Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are a popular policing technology that uses cameras and integrated software to identify cars by their license plates (and, in some cases, other identifying ...

British academia is using Arday’s suicide to justify more DEI training as necessary within a “racist” society. It was never going to end well. Jason Arday, the University of Cambridge’s “youngest-ever ...

Many technologies help us do one specific thing: a hammer and a boat, for example, have an obvious function. Other technologies are general-purpose and can be put to many uses: electricity, oil, and ...

Many states are facing a backlash to the recent and rapid legalization of sports gambling. Some legislatures are considering regulations meant specifically to curb addiction and game-rigging.

An A in a college class used to mean achievement. Today, an A means the average. Grade inflation—the phenomenon whereby universities increase students’ average grades without a corresponding increase ...

It’s easy to understand why so many graduates are booing commencement speakers who tell them how great AI is. They face a brutal job market, with unemployment for recent college graduates nearing ...

When Medicaid, the U.S. program that purchases health care for the poorest Americans, originally went into effect, states paid directly for health-care services provided to beneficiaries. But in ...

The Workforce Pell program, recently enacted by Congress and signed into law by the president, represents a significant shift in federal policy for higher education. The creation of a financial aid ...

A recent Pew Research Center poll shows that seven in 10 Americans now believe that higher education is headed in the wrong direction—a view that has been increasing rapidly in recent years.[1] ...

In New York City, human-services contractors, mostly nonprofit organizations, deliver a vast array of services to residents. These services, ranging from homeless shelters to senior care, come at an ...

A new national survey conducted by the Manhattan Institute examines today’s Democratic coalition and the tensions shaping the party ahead of the 2026 midterm and 2028 presidential election cycles. The ...