Most Americans are worried about the state of U.S. democracy. Polls over the past year have consistently found 80% or more of Americans are concerned or feel there's a threat to the U.S. democratic ...

The school choice debate has taken a front seat in recent years as states across the country enact legislation in favor of more educational options for students. Voices against school choice have also ...

Private school choice has taken hold across the United States and shows few signs of slowing down. GOP lawmakers in close to a dozen states are signaling that it’s among their top legislative ...

Action in state legislative sessions are proving that ranked-choice voting is as unpopular as ever. After last year’s string of losses on state ballot measures, some progressive activists claimed they ...

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The restaurant as we know it was invented in Paris around the late 1700s. Foreign visitors called the city’s restaurants the “most peculiar” and “most remarkable” things. At a traditional inn or ...

School choice advocates have racked up state legislative victories in recent years so extensive that the results speak for themselves. At the beginning of 2020, there were education savings account ...

Last month, New York City’s mayoral race drew national attention when Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani secured a stunning victory over former governor and political veteran Andrew Cuomo in the ...

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A few Republicans running for competitive or Democratic-leaning congressional seats are adopting and reviving a label that was nearly extinct in their party: pro-choice. The terminology marks some of ...

As consumers, we’re faced with too many dishes on the restaurant menu, too many brands of toothpaste on the supermarket shelf and too many streaming shows on TV. This choice overload paralyzes and ...