Last week, a California appeals court ruled in favor of upholding teacher tenure laws, overturning the decision handed down in the original case, Vergara v. California. This decision was a much needed one for students in the state, and nationwide. Two years ago, the election for California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction was one of … Read more
Almost 9 million people have cast their ballots for Donald Trump so far in the Republican primaries. The billionaire has captured 20 out of the 35 states that have voted, often by substantial margins. With Trump perched atop the polls of states yet to vote, the Trump Train appears to be headed full steam ahead for … Read more
Marty Baron is an American journalist who has been the editor of The Washington Post since 2013. Prior to that, he was the editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012. During his time at The Globe, he shifted the paper’s coverage towards local investigative journalism, helping it earn a Pulitzer Prize for its … Read more
For young people in Taiwan, understanding themselves as being Taiwanese—rather than Chinese—is becoming a fact of cultural identity more than a charged political statement. Identity in Taiwan, one of the many forces that influenced the historical January elections, is shifting. In the words of a senior at Harvard College who grew up in Taipei, this … Read more
During the 1930s, the New Deal coalition passed a slew of landmark bills, which established protections from social security benefits to collective bargaining rights to minimum wages and maximum hours. While countless American families benefitted from this progressive legislation during the worst economic crisis in American history, the benefits were largely restricted to whites because … Read more
What does it take to be electable? The answer to that question underlies the successes and failures of any democracy, and the United States is no exception. The demographic makeup of America’s elected offices has slowly diversified over the years, with one exception: religious affiliation. Almost the entire Congress identifies as Christian, as has nearly … Read more