In Defense of Inequality

How do we respect every person’s dignity while also cultivating excellence? Nearly every university has decided to answer that question by abandoning the latter. Not mine, writes Carlos Carvalho.

The War on Knowledge

At the private school where I once taught, the idea was that spelling got in the way of creativity. So I watched as kids wrote ‘macien’ for ‘machine’ at age 14. Tuition was $60,000 a year, writes Dan...

Journalists Against Journalism

Our critics can call us any name they like. That doesn’t change the facts.

They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.

A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments.

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.

The Girls I Met in the Tunnels

Seventeen-year-old Agam Goldstein-Almog saw Hamas murder her father and sister before her eyes. Then she was taken to Gaza.