6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1574+ words) Debt and an enrollment crisis sunk Hampshire College. Is it a canary in the coal mine for higher ed? Higher education is in crisis. Last week, Hampshire College " a private liberal arts school in Amherst, Massachusetts " announced it will shut…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (874+ words) Making a difference in the world doesn't require changing your job. Devon Fritz had his midlife crisis a little early. He spent his 20s writing tax software, staying on track to hit all the life targets he'd set for himself: house,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1704+ words) The laptop class is moving left -- but not out of economic desperation." The heyday of the "high-skill" worker is ending. As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1156+ words) The best educational choice you can make for your child might not focus on your child at all. I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question that stops me in…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (866+ words) How to turn new people into new friends. You may generally disregard unfamiliar faces as background characters in the movie that is your life, but almost everyone you care about was once a stranger. Aside from the people who have…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (768+ words) How to think about what's best for your child " and for all the other children, too. Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (172+ words) Julia Sullivan Profile and Activity'Vox The context you need, when you need it We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? Julia Sullivan is a freelance journalist…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1268+ words) Tyra Banks is not the only villain. More than 20 years after the show first aired, viewers have found many elements of the show did not age well. In that time, our standards around reality television have surely changed. So, should…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (916+ words) Plaintiffs from the religious right are asking the Republican justices to seize control of public schools. The Supreme Court is currently considering whether the Constitution requires public schools to out transgender students to their parents, even when those students inform…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (244+ words) January 6, 2021 vs. January 8, 2023 On January 8, 2023, thousands of supporters of Brazil's right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed federal buildings in the country's capital. Their goal? Overthrow the results of an election they claimed was rigged, despite no credible evidence of fraud....