Education

Should You Go to Law School?

The good, the bad, and the ugly about getting a J.D.

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 25, 2013

Bottom of the Barrel

Today's terrorists aren't "sophisticated." They're stupider than ever. 

BY MAX ABRAHMS | APRIL 24, 2013

Springtime for Salafists

Rampaging Islamist vigilantes are cracking down on free expression -- and ruining Tunisia's Arab Spring.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | MARCH 26, 2013

What Bill Gates Got Wrong About Why Nations Fail

Did the Microsoft founder even read our book before he criticized it?

BY DARON ACEMOGLU , JAMES ROBINSON | MARCH 12, 2013

How Not to Withdraw from Afghanistan

Lessons from America's other war.

BY JIM MCDERMOTT, LAWRENCE WILKERSON | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Escape Velocity

The president's State of the Union address is the best place to focus responsibility and re-launch the American economy. Because the real problem is Washington. 

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Think Again: Immigration

After Republicans' election-year drubbing, the United States has an historic opportunity to fix its broken immigration system. And the arguments against reform simply don't hold up anymore.

BY SHANNON O’NEIL | JANUARY 29, 2013

The Revolution Continues

Egypt is witnessing the slow-motion collapse of a stagnant and brutal political order.

BY CHARLES HOLMES | JANUARY 25, 2013

The Parent Trap

Do two-parent families help children get ahead in life? The surprising answer: not everywhere.

BY W. BRADFORD WILCOX | JANUARY 15, 2013

The Baby Menace

Are we too worried about falling fertility rates?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Convergence of Civilizations

The oft-predicted "clash of civilizations" has not materialized. If anything, values are converging across cultures.

BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 2, 2013

Is It Over Yet?

Haunting photos of a year in the life of the war America is still fighting.

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A Real War on Inequality

The world could learn a lot from Brazil's fight against poverty.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 17, 2012

Closed Book

Why won't the Obama administration back a treaty to make reading more accessible for the visually impaired?

BY JINA MOORE | DECEMBER 17, 2012

The Global Thinkers' Book Club

From psychology to biography, economics to tech, see what some of the world’s top minds are reading.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The Best Small Ideas of 2012

In our search for dramatic solutions to poverty, we sometimes miss the small innovations that could make a big difference in reducing inequality.

BY TINA ROSENBERG | DECEMBER 2012

Rise of the MOOCs

The Internet is revolutionizing universities, giving pretty much anyone, anywhere access to a world-class education. Here are seven massive online open course providers you need to know about.

BY TY MCCORMICK, ELIAS GROLL | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

American Anxiety

The numbers say the stumbling U.S. economy is picking up steam. But there’s good reason to worry.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Words Are Weapons of Mass Destruction

Why Hamas should watch its language.

BY DAVID KEYES | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The Collaborator's Song

We often ask why some people choose to resist authoritarian regimes. But the better question might be why so many decide to cooperate.

BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | OCTOBER 31, 2012

The Big Bang Theory of Education

Authoritarian countries don't seem to be doing well at the knowledge business. That's probably no accident.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 11, 2012

We Are All Malala

Why can't Pakistanis condemn the Taliban for shooting a 14-year-old girl?

BY NADEEM F. PARACHA | OCTOBER 10, 2012

Higher Ed

Universities have been forced to innovate – and may emerge stronger than ever.

BY BEN WILDAVSKY | NOVEMBER 2012

Buddhist Monks Behaving Badly

The boys in saffron are marching again. But this time there’s nothing that's noble about it.

BY FRANCIS WADE | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The City with a Short Fuse

How a shrewd politician defused ethnic tension and improved public services in one of Indonesia’s most dysfunctional cities.

BY RUSHDA MAJEED | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Smokeless Stoves, Girl-Friendly Schools, and the Bloc That Wasn’t

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

BY PETER PASSELL | AUGUST 3, 2012

A Country with Fourteen Psychiatrists

Libya is trying to build a new democracy. But that's a tall order for a society plagued by bad memories.

BY PORTIA WALKER | JULY 26, 2012

Rebuilding the Police in Kosovo

In the wake of its war with the Serbs, Kosovo faced a yawning law enforcement gap. Here's how the international community helped an embyronic country rebuild its police.

BY MORGAN GREENE, JONATHAN FRIEDMAN, RICHARD BENNET | JULY 18, 2012

Lessons My Father Taught Me About How to Live on a Dangerous Planet

Remembering a survivor.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY 16, 2012

The Missing 50 Percent

There’s no real democracy without full representation for women.

BY SUSAN A. MARKHAM | JUNE 29, 2012