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What Washington Gets Wrong About Education — According to 12 Teachers From Across the Country
Five Reflections on 9/11 — By People Who Were Born After 9/11
Under-the-Radar Ideas to Improve American Energy Policy that Could Pass Congress this Year

What Is the Most Significant Gap in the Social Safety Net for American Families?

June 26, 2026 04:56 p.m.
What Washington Gets Wrong About Religion, According to 14 Religious Leaders and Experts

June 12, 2026 03:15 p.m.
What will be the main long-term impact of the Trump-Xi summit? Predictions from 11 foreign policy experts.

May 22, 2026 01:17 p.m.
16 Washington Post veterans on what they would change about D.C. journalism.

May 08, 2026 04:09 p.m.
Ten retiring senators and representatives: Here’s what would surprise Americans about Congress.

April 17, 2026 01:43 p.m.
Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026?

April 03, 2026 02:35 p.m.
Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session

March 27, 2026 04:50 p.m.
What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads.

March 20, 2026 05:17 p.m.

What will Iran look like in one year? Eight guesses from foreign policy experts.

March 09, 2026 02:07 a.m.
Four changes in the day-to-day work of Congress that could meaningfully improve governance.

March 06, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Are the Iran strikes a good idea?

March 01, 2026 12:59 a.m.
Describe Trump’s State of the Union speech in one word

February 25, 2026 01:01 a.m.
How should President Trump open his State of the Union? Nine (realistic and not-so-realistic) ideas.

February 20, 2026 05:00 a.m.
What is the Republicans’ single biggest weakness heading into the midterms, and how can it be overcome?

February 13, 2026 05:00 a.m.
What is the Democrats’ single biggest weakness heading into the midterms, and how can it be overcome?

February 06, 2026 05:00 a.m.
What do the events of this year’s World Economic Forum signal about the future of the global order?

January 28, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Which issue, trend or crisis will dominate global economic news in the year ahead?

January 23, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Name an under-the-radar idea that could pass Congress this year and have a big impact on the country.

January 16, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Will history vindicate or condemn the capture of Maduro?

January 09, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Is AI good for democracy?

January 06, 2026 05:00 a.m.
What is one Trump action that has received little to no attention yet will have long-term consequences?

December 19, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Name a Supreme Court decision in the current term that will prove consequential.

December 12, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Name and describe one state or local policy that should be tried across the country.

December 05, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Name one philanthropic area that should get more attention and funding. Name one that should get less.

December 02, 2025 05:00 a.m.
What will the situation in Russia and Ukraine look like five years from now?

November 21, 2025 04:50 a.m.
If you could change one thing about how American health care is structured, what would it be?

November 14, 2025 05:40 a.m.
What is the single thing that has surprised you most about the second Trump administration?

November 07, 2025 05:40 a.m.
What issue poses the biggest long-term threat to the unity of Trump’s MAGA movement?

November 06, 2025 05:50 a.m.
What is the biggest fix the U.S. needs when it comes to housing policy?

October 31, 2025 05:45 a.m.
What is the largest blind spot in current financial oversight?

October 27, 2025 05:00 a.m.
What has been Trump’s biggest foreign policy success? What has been his biggest failure?

October 19, 2025 03:01 p.m.
What is one surprising, under-covered way that AI will influence American society?

October 19, 2025 03:00 p.m.
What is one thing you would fix about American higher education?

October 19, 2025 02:59 p.m.