Looking for work but struggling to land a job interview? Money might help. Some job seekers are paying recruiters to help get a foot in the door, a practice known as "reverse recruitment" in which ...

The lottery system needs a complete overhaul as more teams brazenly try to lose earlier in the season with no other deterrents working. On Monday night, the Utah Jazz suffered a setback in Miami. They ...

This article appears in the February 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Read more from the issue. WASHINGTON – The room checks all the dive-bar boxes: cheap beer and cocktails, big-screen ...

When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

A new lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is not about protecting or upholding equality; to the contrary, it is about rewriting who counts as a victim of racism in the ...

As I watch the firestorm continue to rage between Minnesota lawmakers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I miss former President Barack Obama (just a little bit). Though this was a bit ...

Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes. The fallout from the spread of the ...

Scientists may have pinpointed a way to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in an animal study. The study, led by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, found that restoring a central cellular energy ...

Getting good at LeetCode Java isn’t just about solving problems; it’s about having a good plan. You need to know where to start, what tools to use, and how to keep going when things get tough. This ...

To connoisseurs of fine cinematic car chases, there's nothing better than seeing a hot rod roaring down the street in reverse to escape certain doom. What's better? Doing it yourself, but let's be ...

Across the country, colleges and universities are struggling to figure out how to incorporate AI into the classroom. ChatGPT debuted almost exactly three years ago. And very quickly, students began to ...