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The grave of Zain Abideen Hussein Al Ajami, a Syrian fighter for Hezbollah who died in 2015, at the Shia cemetery beside the Sayida Zaynab Shrine outside Damascus. Source: Thanassis Cambanis

Commentary Century International

Damascus Dispatch: Fear and Hope in a Divided Syria

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 30: Student loan borrowers demand President Biden use

Commentary Higher Education

In a Key Student Debt Case, a Federal Court Is Making a Serious Factual Error

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Commentary Higher Education

College Admissions Are Rigged for the Rich. Trump’s Officials Say, “Keep It That Way.”

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: The U.S. Department of Education headquarters is seen on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump promised during his campaign for the White House to abolish the Education Department. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Commentary Higher Education

TCF Leaders Speak Out on Assault on Education by the Trump Administration

Daycare children are seen sitting around a table eating their lunch. They are dressed casually and have healthy eating choices on the table in front of them as they talk amongst themselves.

Commentary Economic Opportunity

Trump and House Republicans’ Plan to Cut Food Assistance Is Even Worse Than It Seems

TARTUS, SYRIA - MARCH 7: Fighters with the new Syrian government stand around a fire on March 7, 2025 in the Tartus region of Syria. Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between loyalists of the deposed Assad regime and forces of the country's new rulers. It is the heaviest such fighting since Syrian rebels toppled the Assad regime last December. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)

Commentary Century International

Will Sectarian Massacres Derail Syria’s Transition?

A busy stay-at-home mother multitasking while working on her laptop from home, talking on her phone and carrying her toddler.

Commentary Economic Opportunity

Higher Tariffs May Worsen Child Care Struggles

Commentary Higher Education

How Anti-DEIA Policies Are Taking Higher Education and the Workforce Backward

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Commentary Care Economy

How to Invest in Child Care through State and Local Ballot Measures

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Commentary Health Care

Threats to Medicaid Funding Would Endanger Child Care Too