Will Medicare go belly-up as soon as 2033, after Social Security likewise goes bust? Hoover's Tom Church chats with Bill Whalen about ways to safeguard the federal healthcare entitlement for America's seniors and why the current lineup in Washington leaves reform a conversation for 2029 or later.

Hoover Institution's Peter Berkowitz discusses his new book, Reclaiming Liberal Education in America, and how campus antisemitism threatens liberal education.

Is California's Proposition 40 wealth tax self-defeating? Hoover's Joshua Rauh and Aharon Friedman explain the economic consequences of the proposal, on the ballot this November.

Grace Kim, a North Korean refugee, spotlights how foreign media is challenging Pyongyang's grip on information, inspiring a new generation to question the regime, and offering hope for democratic change.

Debates over progressive taxation often blur two different questions: how government should raise revenue and how it should support lower-income households. In the latest Grumpy Economist Weekly Rant, John Cochrane says we should not ask the tax code to accomplish both.

Are the US and China really in an AI race? If so, what's the prize? Martin Chorzempa joins Hoover's Elizabeth Economy on China Considered to discuss AI adoption, open-weight models, chip export controls, and the new US–China AI dialogue.

What would the Founding Fathers make of a vast federal bureaucracy and career politicians? Hoover's Michael Auslin joins the GoodFellows to discuss whether the "spirit of '76" is alive and well in 2026. Watch the full conversation on Hoover+.

Courted by China and Russia, and dissatisfied with America’s attentions, the continent awaits clarity from Washington. Judd Devermont spotlights Africa's evolving role in the international order.

The same is true at the state level. Half of H-1B workers are based in just four states: California, Texas, New Jersey, and New York. Yet those four states hold only 29% of US private-sector jobs. Read more ⤵️

Nearly every H-1B worker is based in a metro area, but just five metros hold 44% of H-1B work: San Francisco, San Jose, Dallas, Seattle, and New York. You might assume this just tracks where jobs are concentrated. It doesn't: those same places are home to only 13% of US private-sector jobs.

NEW: The H-1B is the main US work visa for college-educated foreign professionals. In the latest installment of Hoover’s Immigration Initiative series on H-1B workers, Sarah Alla Iagudaeva shows where the work is based and which employers file for it.

What can Latin America learn from Peru's political experience? H.R. McMaster talks with former Peruvian president Francisco Sagasti on the latest Today's Battlegrounds about leadership and Latin America's political and economic future.

California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act would impose a 5% tax on the assets of the state's billionaires. A new paper by Hoover's Josh Rauh, Benjamin Jaros, and Aharon Friedman argues it exceeds California's taxing power under multiple provisions of the US Constitution.