The debate regarding the value of a college degree has resurfaced in the news recently. With tuition continuing to increase at universities and colleges across the country, many people have, as a political reporter described, “grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American ...

From Minneapolis to Venezuela to Greenland, a year’s worth of current events have unfolded in a matter of weeks. Here are a few things that feel as long as the first few weeks of January have felt: Every episode of “Stranger Things” in Season 4 and Season 5. “In Search of Lost ...

Alex Pretti wasn’t killed while “protesting.” This is a common description of what he was doing on a Minneapolis street the fateful morning when a confrontation with federal immigration agents ended in his tragic shooting. But if Pretti had been a mere protester, he’d very likely ...

All that remained of Ruthie’s Diner on Jan. 21 was charred, ice-encased rubble — the aftermath of firefighters’ desperate efforts to extinguish the blaze that ultimately consumed the modest eatery at Ligonier, Pennsylvania, which for more than 70 years had served locals and the travelers, ...

Over the past month, two governments faced widespread protests. One responded with mass killings. The other, under popular pressure, appears to be backing down. On Dec. 28, a collapse in the value of Iranian currency sparked demonstrations among shopkeepers in Tehran which then spread across ...

Across America, officials promise to engineer the right economic outcomes by intervening in the market in just the right ways. Most people know that under Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the idea has exploded. Less appreciated is how enthusiastically governors and state legislators are ...