Is student loan debt an emergency? Take our quiz.
It depends on who’s in debt. People who complete their degrees tend to pay off their debt over time. Those who didn’t complete their degrees need the help.
By the Editorial BoardHumans might need to re-engineer the climate
A conversation about the risks and potential benefits of re-engineering the climate is urgently needed.
By the Editorial BoardThe Fed’s fight against inflation needs to lose the dot plot
The Fed should stop releasing the “dot plot” to the public. It’s usefulness is over, at least for now.
By the Editorial BoardThe Trump immunity case is easy. The Supreme Court shouldn’t make it hard.
The justices shouldn’t entertain former president Donald Trump’s unpersuasive immunity claims any longer than they already have.
By the Editorial BoardSudan’s second year of war brings little hope. The world should keep trying anyway.
Sudan has just entered a second year of civil war, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Only sustained diplomacy and pressure from outside actors can end it.
By the Editorial BoardCongress might upend how online privacy works. Finally.
A bipartisan proposal would, at last, give Americans the protections they deserve in the internet age.
By the Editorial BoardReligious worship is a human right, even in China. Bring David Lin home.
David Lin, an American citizen, became active in the “house church” movement in China. For this, he has been wrongfully imprisoned in Beijing for nearly two decades.
By the Editorial BoardSpeaker Johnson and the House show allies can rely on the U.S. — still
The House has voted much-needed aid for Ukraine and others. But can the U.S. be relied on beyond this?
By the Editorial BoardLet immigrants save the heartland
A resettlement policy for asylum seekers could help revive the rusting industrial cities of the heartland.
By the Editorial BoardThere is no constitutional right to pitch your tent on the sidewalk
With the right ruling, the Supreme Court can help restore order, both to constitutional law and to parks and streets across the West.
By the Editorial BoardThe Supreme Court’s hardest case yet in Donald Trump’s legal saga
There’s a reasonable compromise the justices can come to on whether Jan. 6 defendants can be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding.
By the Editorial BoardThe Post endorses Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary
To face Larry Hogan in the fall, Democrats should pick Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks over Rep. David Trone on May 14.
By the Editorial BoardSouth Africa’s ANC is headed for a reckoning at the ballot box. That’s good.
After 30 years of unchecked power, Africa’s most storied liberation movement might lose its parliamentary majority.
By the Editorial BoardBig banks aren’t the only institutions posing big financial risk
Regulators around the world want large banks — the “too big to fail” banks — to hold more capital.
By the Editorial BoardWhat the United States needs to do after Iran’s attack on Israel
After Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel, the United States needs to move a foreign aid bill and press for a resolution in Gaza.
By the Editorial BoardMeasles is more contagious than the coronavirus. And it’s back.
This could be the worst year for measles in five years. There is a simple answer.
By the Editorial BoardOne way to get China to clean up faster: build a ‘climate club’
A club of nations that imposed tariffs on imports from high emission countries would put the global effort to combat climate change on a more promising track.
By the Editorial BoardChronic truancy crisis requires a tough, not punitive, response
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s plan to solve the absenteeism crisis has promise.
By the Editorial BoardThe world is unprepared for the next pandemic. Here’s a start to fix that.
An international effort to redress the shortcomings of the response to the covid-19 pandemic is nearing a climax.
By the Editorial BoardDoes Trump have a point on crime? Take our quiz.
Former president Donald Trump says crime in the U.S. is out of control. This quiz will test your knowledge of the nation’s public safety situation.
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