President Donald Trump has declared open season on liberal institutions, and Harvard University is in the crosshairs. It’s become almost impossible to keep track of the back-and-forth of administration actions and the university’s legal rebuttals in recent weeks, but it’s…
While the Trump administration has increased scrutiny on foreign aid, it recently pledged to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that at least most of its $1.45 billion in annual aid is safe from cuts. But despite being on the receiving…
We are just days away from Pride Month — a fact some of us might have forgotten about in the high that comes from being in the cultural ascendency. Unfortunately, America’s school children haven’t had that luxury. In a recent…
As a mother of four children, celebrity Kourtney Kardashian challenged the status quo on education by asking, “Why do kids f*cking go to school? Truly, it’s so dated.” Kardashian appeared on her sister Khloé Kardashian’s podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land,…
There’s a universal truth about technology that most of us are somewhat unwilling to admit: Kids are better at it than adults are. At this point, it’s a stereotype: the grandparents who squint at their phones and poke at them…
As a high school student in New York, I used to think school was a place for learning, discovery, and growth. Lately, though, it feels like something has changed. Instead of focusing on academics, schools are putting more and more…
Herodotus of Halicarnassus conceived of history as a collective act of cultural heritage preservation, an effort “to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time, and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements produced…
In an 86-61 vote, the Texas House passed Gov. Greg Abbott’s private school choice program last week. The proposed $1 billion program would enable Texas students to receive scholarships to attend private school, or use the funds for tutoring or…
I’ve never met a Holocaust survivor without feeling fear — not of them, but of what happens when they’re gone. Their voices, their memories, their warnings — they’ve carried the burden of truth for nearly a century. But that truth…
