Sean Salai

Harvard faces backlash against push to hire conservative faculty

Harvard University is facing backlash from academics and racial activists for soliciting $10 million gifts to hire conservative faculty for "viewpoint diversity," according to recent reports.

October 2, 2026

Perceived importance of college hits 48-year low in Gallup poll

A record-low 31% of adults participating in the Gallup poll described a college education as "very important," the company reported Thursday.

October 1, 2026

Night of the rising costs: Halloween industry predicts record revenues as tariffs jack up prices

Aspiring ghouls and goblins may feel an unearthly chill as they budget for Halloween festivities, industry analysts say.

September 30, 2026

Every credit card swipe adds a hidden fee to your bill. Congress wants to change that

Every time a credit card is tapped or swiped, the issuing bank assesses the merchant a 2% to 3.5% fee that eventually is passed to the consumer.

September 30, 2026

Is your job safe from AI? A record number of workers aren’t sure

A record 27% of workers who responded to the latest Gallup poll fear that technology could eliminate their positions soon, the company said Tuesday.

September 29, 2026

More than a third of D.C. landlords still can’t collect rent, survey finds

More than a third of D.C. landlords have rental delinquencies exceeding two years, the Small Multifamily Owners Association reported this week.

September 24, 2026

Gallup poll finds more than 4 in 10 Americans favor socialism for the first time

More than 4 in 10 Americans view socialism positively for the first time since Gallup started polling the issue 16 years ago, according to a survey published Wednesday.

September 23, 2026

Maryland judge delays Prince George’s receivership lawsuit against condos near homeless camp

A Maryland circuit court judge on Tuesday delayed Prince George's County's receivership lawsuit against the Marylander Condominiums, whose residents say neighboring homeless people vandalized their boiler 10 months ago.

September 22, 2026

Asbury is first seminary to end federal loans after Trump cuts aid to low-paying college programs

Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky has become the first confirmed collegiate ministry program to phase out federal student loans.

September 21, 2026

Judge tosses lawsuit accusing Jewish couple of getting Muslim lawyer fired over anti-Israel posts

A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit from a Muslim attorney who accused a Jewish couple of conspiring to get her fired by publicizing her anti-Israel social media posts.

September 18, 2026

Department of Education opens antisemitism probes in California and New York schools

The Department of Education has opened civil rights investigations into complaints that the Etiwanda School District in California and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment on campus.

September 17, 2026

‘No child should be forced’: California school district settles a gender lesson lawsuit

A California school district has agreed to pay $175,000 to two families who sued after a teacher told their fifth grade sons to tutor kindergarteners on exploring different gender identities.

September 16, 2026

University of Maryland replaces DEI language with ‘belonging and community’

The University of Maryland has replaced diversity, equity and inclusion language with "belonging and community" in its bylaws, reflecting a broader shift amid pressure from the Trump administration.

September 15, 2026

Is a Catholic revival happening on college campuses? Some experts are skeptical

College chaplaincies led a surge in Americans converting to Catholicism during the 2025-2026 academic year, a new report finds.

September 14, 2026

Why 90% of colleges still don’t require the SAT, even as the Ivy League returns to it

The Ivy League has restored or is restoring SAT and ACT admissions requirements that had been suspended during pandemic lockdowns, but a new report finds 90% of colleges and universities nationwide still do not require standardized test scores.

September 10, 2026

Charlie Kirk’s murder has chilled campus free speech, report finds

The assassination of Charlie Kirk last year at Utah Valley University contributed to colleges nationwide tightening free-speech restrictions, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression reported Wednesday.

September 9, 2026

Is empathy a virtue or a weakness? Vance, Musk and others say it’s gone too far

Several conservative public figures say misplaced empathy for hardened criminals and Islamist migrants has pushed Western society to the brink of collapse.

September 9, 2026

Never forget, never agree: Public schools struggle to explain 9/11 on 25th anniversary

None of today's K-12 students was alive during the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago -- and schools are stumbling over how to teach why they happened.

September 9, 2026

Why 30 million American men are single — and why that number keeps growing

A widening gap between married and unmarried men under 40 is changing how Americans look at wedlock, as economic and social changes drive more young people to shun traditional family arrangements.

September 7, 2026

D.C. auditor projects declining revenue as city faces budget shortfall

An independent forecast from the Office of the D.C. Auditor finds that job losses, economic uncertainty, congressional spending cuts and plunging commercial real estate values have decreased projected revenue from $12.2 billion to $11.8 billion.

September 3, 2026