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The Weekly Standard's assault on my article is a quintessential example of cold-war thinking and debased discourse.

For half a century, the Institute for Policy Studies has been an invaluable font of progressive ideas and action. We look forward to the next half-century.

All too often, the most prestigious perch in journalism—the New York Times op-ed page—is given to those who flatter the powerful.

Are MOOCs—massive open online courses—the utopia of affordable higher education, or just the latest fad?

The company has attracted tens of millions in venture capital—but if you're looking for the Amazon of online higher ed, try iTunes U.

As the old journalism dies, what does the Bezos era portend?

Public interest organizations say deregulating phone service providers will hurt communities of color, but major civil rights groups are still in favor.

Yes, the author was attacked on Fox News for daring to be a Muslim writing about Jesus. But does his book actually meet the historical standards he claims?

Why, to Beltway reporters, Glenn Greenwald is no Bob Woodward.

What a country's treatment of its own citizens says about how it will treat non-citizens.