Learning to ask for help
It takes not just a village but apparently several overlapping villages to keep a human alive. For my purposes, it takes my people. My daughter’s people. My s...
The college tuition system is broken. FAFSA headaches are the latest proof.
Jennifer Morton Thanks to delays in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process, millions of potential college students and their families will have to...
Here’s how Joe Biden could revamp the State of the Union address
Jon Marshall President Harry Truman did something bold in 1947 — he allowed his annual State of the Union address to be broadcast on the new medium of televis...
So you haven’t been sticking to your resolutions. Here’s how to reset and crush the rest of the year
Lindsay VanSomeren Nearly 9 in 10 Americans (86%) had at least one financial goal going into 2024, according to a recent Bankrate survey. But having a goal and ...
Could elite universities earn PhDs in price fixing?
Stephen Mihm It’s been a tough few months in the spotlight for America’s elite universities. But while controversy around DEI policies and campus responses ...
Lawmakers must fully fund the WIC program
Candace Baker When my grandmother was raising my cousins and me, she taught us to work hard and go after what we wanted. I didn’t know it at the time, but we ...
This Black History Month, fight for the freedom to learn
Svante Myrick A little more than a year ago, the College Board unveiled its long-awaited draft AP African American Studies curriculum. What happened next was sa...
Ouch. That ‘free’ annual checkup might cost you. Here’s why
Elisabeth Rosenthal When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in Washington state last year, she assumed she would not incur a bill because the te...
A promising turn in the quest to treat long COVID
Lisa Jarvis A new study published two weeks ago in Science makes a compelling case that people with long COVID have a chronic imbalance in their immune response...
Appeals to common sense don’t convince anyone
F.D. Flam If you hear a politician or salesperson or, for that matter, opinion columnist invoke common sense, beware. When people say a particular view on immig...