Back to the Farm
The "Modi Miracle" Confronts Its Biggest Test Yet

In India, 90 million new workers will join the workforce over the next 15 years. Will the country capitalize on this demographic boom, or be consumed by it? And is Narendra Modi the man to answer that question?

Bankruptcy in Detroit
Detroit Offers Generous Deal to Pension Funds

Detroit is on the verge of a bankruptcy deal that is far more generous to pensioners than previous plans. How will the bond markets react?

Africa's God Wars
Up to 100 Teenage Schoolgirls Kidnapped in Nigeria

The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram allegedly conducted the abductions on the same day that a massive bomb also rocked the nation’s capital.

Bending the Cost Curve
Celebrated Health Care Slowdown Slows Down

ACA supporters have been cheering on the health care spending slowdown. But it looks like the slowdown is coming to an end.

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Pluralism
Can One Teach The Whole Gospel While Standing On One Leg?

Modernity poses a not-unhealthy challenge to all religions to reflect on their core convictions. What is Christianity all about?

Black and blue
Illinois: Greece of the Great Lakes

Illinois’s serial policy failures would look bad in any circumstance, but they look even worse when placed next to the success of reform-minded neighbors like Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Winter for Higher-Ed
Small Colleges Sink Further into the Red

Small, private schools with small endowments tend to overly rely on tuition funds, and many are in dire straits right now as enrollments decline. Some may survive, but many will fail.

Game of Thrones
Fretting About China, Vietnam Releases Prisoners, Embraces US

A network of alliances and cooperative relationships is emerging in south and east Asia to combat China’s increasingly aggressive rise.

Deadly Disease
Virus Fears Spreading Through the Middle East

A virus with a roughly 50 percent fatality rate has been surging in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks. Scientists worry the region is one mutation away from a very scary outbreak.

ACA Agonistes
ACA’s Narrow Networks Have Arrived

ACA supporters are hailing ACA cost savings, but there’s a catch: premiums are going down because networks are getting narrower.

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