California runs the nation’s largest welfare system, devoting more than $180 billion annually to food, health care, and other programs for the poor and downtrodden. To sustain the arrangement, the ...

City Hall’s preferential treatment of friendly content creators raises questions about access, transparency, and ...

Ten years ago, New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones explained her decision to enroll her daughter, Najya, in a segregated, high-poverty Brooklyn public school, P.S. 307, despite having ...

Three years ago, the FPI made headlines by pointing out that millionaires generally move between states at a lower rate than ...

As it gets ready to start a new term, the Supreme Court has a polling problem. Gallup reported in July that only 33 percent of Americans approve of the job it’s doing, a record low in the 26-year poll ...

New York spends more than any other state on public education, pays teachers more generously than most other states, and has ...

But there is a better approach to AI safety, one that runs through the old-fashioned legal system. Torts, or legal claims for ...

In February 2026, a jury in Plano, Texas, returned a verdict in a bullying case involving an adult woman, Summer Smith, and a teenager, Asher Vann. The court ordered Smith and her attorney to pay Vann ...

At a Columbia University symposium, speakers questioned whether security measures in the post-9/11 world have become a greater threat than the terrorism that spawned them.

America houses a vast industry devoted to finding locations for new industry. Magazines like Site Selection and Area Development help corporate middle managers figure out where to build everything ...

Medicare Part D was clearly in need of a tune-up in 2022. But the CBO too readily accepted claims that it would be possible to reduce costs for beneficiaries and expand their access to drugs without ...