News Analysis
Transit's Future
The Death of the Washington Metro

Ridership is down, and there are reasons to believe it may never recover.

blue boondoggle
High Speed Rail Keeps Slowing Down

California’s utopian high-speed rail project just got another wrench thrown in its gears—this time by the Trump administration.

Fracking Futures
America Eases into Role as LNG Exporter

…And it wasn’t long ago that the U.S. was worried about LNG imports.

France 2017
Centrist French Contender Throws in with Macron

The unpredictable French presidential election has taken a new turn in favor of independent candidate Emmanuel Macron.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Chinese Islands Could Host Missiles, Say U.S. Officials

China has almost finished building structures intended to host surface-to-air missiles on its artificial islands in the South China Sea.

Higher Education Watch
Academia Is Its Own Worst Enemy

The campaign for more intellectual diversity in higher education just got an eloquent and influential new champion.

Survey Says
Putin Enjoys a Trump Bump in New Gallup Poll

But do shifting American attitudes portend a lasting realignment?

the future of retirement
Retirement Challenges Are Worse Than People Thought

Our elites don’t feel a sense of urgency about entirely predictable problems that threaten to devastate the middle class.

Trump Ties
Firtash to Face Extradition

Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch with ties to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, could soon face extradition to the U.S. on bribery charges.

Frack Baby Frack
The Shale Boom 2.0

A newly energized shale industry is once again pushing U.S. oil production near the nine million barrels per day mark.

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