The Children Can Hear You
Nobody ever expected what happened to America’s schools in March of 2020.
Here They Come
“Age old wisdom” asserts that the young grow more conservative as they get older. In many ways for many people, that is true, sometimes drastically so. But it’s also sometimes true, and often advised, that as adults grow even older, they lose their need to conserve a world they will some day leave behind, instead entrusting that world to the young.
What Comes Tomorrow?
It’s the most important election of our lifetime. What will it mean for America?
The cost of success
Jared Kushner, the nation’s First Son-in-law and Senior Advisor to the President, made waves yesterday with a comment about Americans’ sense of success. On today’s “Marketplace Morning Report”, David Brancaccio spoke to Fenaba Addo, a consumer science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about the current state of student debt economics, and who’s shouldering the load in pursuit of the American dream.
Sound Off
Twelve days before Election Day, tonight is the “final” Presidential debate of 2020, though many would argue that there hasn’t been one yet. After the first debate between the Presidential candidates melted down into a puddle of insults, interruptions, low blows, and deflections (maybe you’d prefer to read it) . . .
Where do the young Republicans go?
Much of the time, American politics, regardless of party, are framed around the future of America’s children, who don’t get a vote until they turn eighteen (even though some of them will start paying taxes earlier). So why does it seem that the voices of young people, even young adults, aren’t taken seriously?