June 1, 2025 6:00 amScores of American higher education institutions, ranging from community colleges to the Ivy League, maintain partnerships with Chinese universities that public documents and the United States government have linked to the People’s Liberation Army. At least 60 U.S. college...

May 30, 2025 4:45 amMaking the rounds in April was a higher-ed post for our time: “The honest B or C student, submitting essays filled with awkward constructions, malapropisms, [and] earnest, if failed or surface-y arguments, [is] a surprise hero of the present age.” So wrote professor Matt...

By Madison Ray Senior Director for the Center for Practical Federalism at State Policy NetworkNewsweek Is A Trust Project MemberSpeed: 0.5xSpeed: 1xSpeed: 1.5xSpeed: 2x🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.Democrats and Republicans often disagree, but they have more in common t...

America’s lack of affordable child care has brought a long-simmering question to a boil: What exactly makes child care “good”?Everyone wants quality care for kids, and the need for child care or preschool to be considered “high quality” has been embraced by researchers, providers, paren...

The Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives threatens an Illinois program that provides scholarships to minority graduate students who agree to stay in the state and work in the education field.On March 31, the U.S. Department of Justice notified universi...

Few organizations have profited as handsomely off of President Donald Trump’s rise to power as the Federalist Society, a kind of bar association for right-wing lawyers.“We’re going to have great judges, conservative, all picked by the Federalist Society,” Trump announced during his first ...

This article exposes how the Trump administration's policies and actions are implementing a dangerous, modern form of eugenics through selective neglect and surveillance. It highlights threats to public health, targeting vulnerable populations, and undermining democratic principles, warning that these practices threaten the core of American democracy and human rights if not actively opposed.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has radically reshaped the U.S. federal government within the first 100 days of Trump's presidency, forcibly cutting spending, dismantling agencies, and firing over 100,000 employees. While claiming significant savings, experts question the validity of DOGE’s reported benefits. Musk has signaled his reduced involvement, but his team remains embedded in key government institutions, leaving a lasting, controversial legacy that has sparked political backlash, legal challenges, and widespread protests across the country.

April 24, 2025 11:17 amThe United States saw the lowest birthrate since 1979 in 2023, the year I had my fourth child. I call him my “spite” baby. We already had three, and my husband was pushing for a fourth. I thought I was done — until a doctor at UCLA dramatically suggested I get a hy...