Equality and Opportunity

When COVID hit, the world was in a state of emergency, forcing Washington to cut all sorts of red tape. TSA waived its longstanding size limits on liquids to make room for hand sanitizer. Restaurants got the green light to sell beer and wine for delivery. Cities cleared the way for sidewalk dining that permit rules long had prohibited. Healthcar ...

When Amy Siple found out her husband was diagnosed with cancer, she put her whole life on hold. Amy had been a nurse for more than 30 years. She had lectured to students, spoken at TEDx events, and served as a tenured associate professor of nursing for 15 years. She held appointments and awards from the Kansas Advanced Practice Nurses Associatio ...

This week, America lost one of the foremost historians of the American Founding with the passing of Brown University professor Gordon S. Wood. For half a century, Wood helped shape how scholars and ordinary people understood the Revolution, the Founding Fathers, and the ideas that united 13 British colonies into one nation. Through his work, ...

There are thousands of venture capital firms competing to find promising tech startups, but remarkably few cater specifically to young college dropouts. In 2015, Michael Gibson and Danielle Strachman cofounded 1517 Fund with a specific mission in mind: to invest in young, renegade dropouts and "sci-fi scientists" developing tomorrow's breakthrough ...

Here's a bureaucratic puzzle: What do you call a small, home-like birth setting staffed bymidwives, designed specifically to offer low-intervention, low-cost maternity care to healthy mothers with low-risk pregnancies? If you're the Alabama Department of Public Health, apparently the answer is: a hospital. That's the absurd regulatory position a ...

Every November, students vying for a spot at one of New York City's eight Specialized High Schools take the admissions exam that will determine their academic trajectory. The notoriously rigorous Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) spans three hours and assesses a student's abilities in English language arts and mathematics. Admissi ...

Imagine losing a federal contract — despite submitting the lowest bid and the strongest proposal — because of the color of your skin or your sex. Most Americans would call that discrimination. The Constitution calls it unconstitutional. And yet, for decades, this is exactly what the federal government has been doing: It's allowed to engage in p ...

Earle Asphalt Company has been building the infrastructure that holds New Jersey together since 1968. The company has grown into one of the state's most established heavy civil contractors, with a workforce of 650 employees and a portfolio that includes major public projects like the New Jersey Turnpike. The company was recognized as a New Jerse ...

Could it be a crime for a doctor to speak with their own patient across state lines? In California, yes. In this week's American Heroes, Kathy Hoekstra sits down with Dr. Sean McBride, a nationally recognized radiation oncologist who is taking on California's telehealth restrictions. This case is about whether doctors in one state can spe ...