Day: September 11, 2023

One of the most influential books of the Trump years was “How Democracies Die” by the Harvard government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. Published in 2018, it served as a guide to our unfolding ordeal. “Over the past two years, we have watched politicians say and do things that are unprecedented in the United…Continue Reading The Authors of ‘How Democracies Die’ Overestimated the Republicans

At many selective private colleges, being very rich is a door to entry — students with parents earning in the top 1 percent attend at much higher rates than other similarly qualified students, new data [from Opportunity Insights] shows. At most flagship public colleges, on the other hand, there is no such difference, and in-state students from…Continue Reading Explore How Income Influences Attendance at 139 Top Colleges