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Harvard's endowment is over $50 billion––greater than the GDP of nearly 100 countries. “If anybody can disentangle themselves from federal strings, Harvard could,” says Ilya Shapiro. “The joke is that many of these institutions are hedge funds with schools attached.”

If Harvard did away with federal funds, it would require “substantial belt-tightening,” says Kenneth L. Marcus of the The Brandeis Center. “Research universities have gotten completely addicted to federal money, and will find it extremely difficult to break the habit.”

Gen Z is shifting away from traditional notions of family. Only 48% of young adults consider having children an important life goal. Their top priority is achieving financial security. I explore what's fueling this trend in The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/for-mo…

“The sense that a child is really important for your life — that’s fallen over time,” says Catherine Ruth Pakaluk. A key reason is lower levels of Biblical faith, she says. Today, almost half of Gen Z claims religion isn’t important, and over one-third are religiously unaffiliated.

Gen Z leans progressive, but a rising conservative cohort favors more traditional attitudes toward marriage and family. Many are intent on bumping up the birth rate. “These traditional values are part of the cornerstone of this young conservative movement,” Rachel Janfaza says.

Will the passing of Pope Francis and the rise of Pope Leo XIV signify the end of liberal Catholicism? That's the hope of many young Catholics who are rejecting progressivism for traditionalism — aka #TradCath. I explore this movement in The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/as-you…

“I’ve been teaching for 15 years now, at two different Catholic colleges, and I’ve observed a massive shift toward more traditional practices among Catholic students,” Catherine Ruth Pakaluk says. That includes Latin liturgies, old-fashioned theology, and “betrothal” ceremonies.

Catholic Dioceses across the US are seeing a surge in converts. “People are looking for truth, meaning, and purpose, and they’re beginning to find that in the Church,” says the director of evangelization at Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, where conversions rose by 72% in 2024.

Why are Gen Zers flocking to Catholicism? They're searching for structure, tradition, and happiness. “The Catholic Church has got 2,000 years of history, and people are drawn to that right now,” Ryan Burge 📊 says in my The New York Sun latest. nysun.com/article/as-you…

A Brown University student who sent DOGE-style emails to thousands of Brown administrators is taking his battle against bureaucratic bloat beyond the walls of his Ivy League campus. He’s headed to Congress. My interview with Alex Shieh in The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/brown-…

Administrative bloat and potential “anti-competitive behavior” are part of why it costs $96,000 a year to go to Brown, according to student Alex Shieh. “I’m concerned about what this means for meritocracy,” he tells me. “And for the American dream.”

Powerful reporting by my colleague Ari Hoffman from a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv. “The year could be 1945, and the location could be Berlin or whereabouts.” The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/while-…

Foreign policy "realists" appeared ascendant in the early days of Trump 2.0. But with the US's entry into the Iran-Israel conflict, they now find themselves bracing for the possibility of a wider war in the Middle East. My reporting in The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/foreig…

“Helping Israel damage Iran’s nuclear infrastructure will only increase Iran’s desire to get a deterrent of their own,” Stephen Walt tells me, “and guarantee a less stable region for many years to come.”

Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral primary win could signal a socialist wave sweeping U.S. cities. It's driven by college-educated youth who are stuck with student debt—and looking to the state to "unrig" the system. My The New York Sun reporting: nysun.com/article/young-…

“Too often, people take on tens of thousands of dollars of debt for an education that doesn’t end up justifying itself financially,” says Preston Cooper. “They feel betrayed... by the colleges, by the government that gave them these loans, and by society as a whole.”

NYC spends more per student than any city in the nation, yet reading and math scores remain dismal. Now, as Zohran Mamdani eyes City Hall, critics say his plan wouldn’t empower students—it would hand the reins to the unions. My story in The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/mamdan…

NYC schools are in urgent need of reform. This year, the city is spending $89 billion on education—$36,293 per student. Yet only a third of fourth-graders are proficient in math, or read at grade level.

"New York’s K-12 system is producing very mediocre results," says Zilvinas Silenas of Empire Center. "There’s absolutely no reason why New York City shouldn’t be topping all sorts of educational achievement rankings in the U.S. and in the world."

What if, instead of racking up student debt, 18-year-olds earned a paycheck while training for a career? In Austria, they do. I report from Vienna on an apprenticeship system that’s working—and what the U.S. might learn from it. The New York Sun: nysun.com/article/austri…