When I was nearly finished writing The Anxious Generation in the summer of 2023, I realized that I had left a gap. The book focused on the collapse of mental health, attention, and socialization ...

Amid broad cuts to staff and budgets throughout the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the department recently circulated a proposal to restructure the US Food and Drug ...

In this paper, William C. Greenwalt presents a proposed taxonomy of innovation terms that can be arranged into a larger explanatory model of defense innovation. After outlining the case for a ...

The Trump White House has taken the paddle to some of the nation’s most famous universities over anti-Semitism, politicization, and other dubious behavior. But the resulting fireworks have ...

Reports suggest the Republicans will consider scaling back Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) green energy tax credits as part of the reconciliation package. One IRA provision they may have set ...

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You may have noticed that Donald Trump is not the most self-reflective person. At least, not in public. But last week at the University of Alabama, Trump delivered a commencement address that ...

More than half of American adults suffer from at least one chronic illness—most commonly diabetes, heart disease, cancer or neurodegeneration. By age 65, 80% are afflicted with two or more ...

Let us review the slugfest between my AEI colleague Angel Rachidi and me on whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries ought to be able to use their benefits to ...

The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have featured a torrent of education activity. President Trump moved to abolish the US Department of Education, slashing its workforce ...

President Donald Trump’s second first 100 days have already felt like being trapped inside a Russian novel—and we’re barely underway. Here’s my take on what we’ve seen in K-12.

The Critical Threats Project’s Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional ...