Higher Education Watch
Which Colleges Are Actually Diverse?

A new site is creating rankings of elite U.S. colleges based on the political diversity of their faculty members.

Europe & the Refugee Crisis
Will the EU’s Bargain with Turkey Last?

The money is real—but the other promises are open to question.

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Ukraine's Groundhog Day
Revolutions Without Benefits

Ukrainians are once again becoming disillusioned with how the country’s institutions are failing to live up to their expectations.

Still Boondogglin'
EPA’s New Biofuels Targets Please Exactly No One

The EPA found the sour spot this week when it unveiled new biofuel targets, drawing the ire of virtually every involved stakeholder.

Puerto Rico Blues
Puerto Rico Narrowly Avoids Default—Sort of

Puerto Rico managed to avoid complete default because of the creativity of its politicians and bankers, not because it suddenly discovered some extra cash or figured out how to balance its spreadsheets.

Guns in America
The Distorted Politics of Gun Control

Gun control and tough-on-crime policy are two sides of the same coin. Both require a stronger police presence, and both have racially disparate outcomes.

We've Reached the Summit
The Pointless Paris Climate Conference

While negotiators fruitlessly work towards a spineless deal, Bill Gates offers a more compelling approach to tackling climate change.

Russia & the Middle East
Russia Adds Troops to Syria, Opens New Air Base

Reports are also circulating of outreach, air assistance to Kurds.

campus unrest
What to Do About Woodrow

Should Princeton knock the twenty-eighth president off his perch?

New World Disorder
The Middle East as It Will Be

We are in the early or, at best, early-middle stages of a vicious cycle of violence.

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