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June 25, 2025
…perish from the Earth. These are the ideals Frederick Douglass fought for in every speech he gave. This is Lincoln at Gettysburg and Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall….
May 10, 2025
…“The Housing Maintenance Code does not allow housing with shared facilities as-of-right.” As attorney Patrick Sullivan, who follows housing law for the law firm Kramer, Levin, Natalie’s and Frankel, explains:…
May 1, 2025
…and strengthen their skill sets. Like swimmers caught in a sudden riptide, the trick is to not panic but to work with the current until you find a way out….
April 4, 2025
…to Cade Brumley, Louisiana’s state superintendent of education since 2020. Here’s what he had to say: — Rick Rick: Cade, while the nation’s NAEP results were lousy, Louisiana came out looking…
March 28, 2025
The imposing brick blocks covering much of the territory from West 16th to 27th Streets, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, superficially have much in common with…
December 17, 2024
…in a political chess match between the two political parties. Instead, the lack of concern both parties have shown for fiscal consolidation is a sign that the political system is…
November 13, 2024
…including bachelor’s degrees. There are many problems with having the federal government literally set up and operate a new university. My colleague Rick Hess has argued that “the idea of putting federal…
October 30, 2024
New research from the Project on Workforce and the National Governors Association highlights how governors are leveraging new industrial policy opportunities to strengthen workforce development and meet labor market needs….
October 11, 2024
The aftermath of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) has put a spotlight on the capriciousness of admissions practices at selective colleges. In SFFA, the Supreme…
October 9, 2024
…Policy Institute’s Rick Kahlenberg and I observed last year, it’s a classic case of interest group politics. “An ardent minority of college officials and alumni groups love them,” we wrote, “the former…