A new study has found that far more women in their late twenties hold bachelor’s degrees than do men of the same age. Why is so little attention paid to this gender gap?

Al-Qaeda is aiming to make Syria its new base of operations, intelligence sources say. Obama’s inaction has presented the terrorists with a golden opportunity.

In the fierce legal battle over Argentina’s debts, one creditor is going on the offensive by attempting to seize Argentinian assets. Now it’s blocking the government from sending satellites into space.

Nearly half the users of Detroit’s water and sewer systems are behind on payments, and the city is warning that it will cut off the taps. Meanwhile, the city is looking to privatize the struggling department to clear away some debt.

Coursera’s hiring of Yale’s former president as its new CEO tells us that at least a few members of the academic elite are betting on the rise of the MOOCs.

Graduate students are a fraction of all borrowers, but hold more outstanding student debt than undergrads. Both colleges and federal policy are to blame.

President Obama will have his hands full in Riyadh later this week working with the Saudis in light of recent policy differences. Unlike Lehman Brothers, however, the U.S.-Saudi relationship really is too big to fail.

Indiana has just passed a bill dropping the Common Core standards and replacing them with standards developed at home. This is not only good for Indiana; it’s good for democracy.

Puerto Rico’s citizens are voting with their feet and against their blue model government. We’re not surprised.

The United States needs to respond to Moscow’s partition of Ukraine. Redeploying NATO forces in Eastern and Central Europe would be a good first step to a comprehensive deterrence strategy.