"If lawmakers want to help make Illinois economically competitive, investing in higher ed should be a real state priority," the head of the Center on Tax and Budget Accountability writes Ralph Martire ...

Parents have been demanding more control over their children’s education, leading to a surge in school choice programs, ...

Despite mounting evidence that our K-12 students are sliding backward, school reform barely registered in last year’s ...

March 21, 2025 • There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domestic product (GDP). It's the sum of all final transactions, so all the goods ...

On March 18, famed political scientist John Mearsheimer visited Swarthmore and spoke on liberal hegemony. Hosted by the Swarthmore Conservative ...

Economists say Australia has turned a corner. They say inflation has declined, real wages are growing, economic activity has picked up, and interest rates have been cut. They say we've achieved ...

“Despite elevated levels of uncertainty, the US economy continues to be in a good place,” Powell said at an event hosted by the University of Chicago. “Sentiment readings have not been a ...

But even for businesses seeing strong revenue growth, the current political and economic climate is too volatile to allow for hiring. That’s the case for Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Astropad ...

So when they aren’t spending because they’re unemployed or their hours have been cut back dramatically, that trickle spreads out throughout the economy. It’s called the multiplier effect. And so when ...

While federal law prohibits real-money political wagering at traditional online sportsbooks in the U.S., social sportsbooks like Kalshi can and do offer betting odds on politics. As a new user ...

Before his political career, Mr Zelensky played a teacher in a TV series who becomes president after a video of him denouncing corruption goes viral. Published Mar 6 Volodymyr Zelensky ran for the ...

As the recent and indecisive German federal election results show, things will have to become much worse for the political pendulum to swing back towards common sense. Time though is running out.