| How free is ‘free college’? Posted: 16 May 2019 02:17 PM PDT ![How free is 'free college'?]( "How free is 'free college'?") Tufayel Ahmed is leading an ordinary college life with an extraordinary price tag for tuition: $0. Earlier, President Barack Obama called for free community college, and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, became a magnet to youth voters in 2016 when he included four-year degrees in his free college plan.
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| Why Andrew Yang will give you $1,000 a month if he’s elected Posted: 16 May 2019 01:17 PM PDT ![Why Andrew Yang will give you $1,000 a month if he's elected]( "Why Andrew Yang will give you $1,000 a month if he's elected") The catchphrase is as good as any to describe the people wearing those hats in Washington Square Park. Which seems almost ironic, considering Mr. Yang's banner policy is to give every American adult $1,000 a month regardless of employment status or wages.
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| The start of a great decoupling of nations? Posted: 16 May 2019 12:52 PM PDT ![The start of a great decoupling of nations?]( "The start of a great decoupling of nations?") This year marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Continent must "reposition itself" against three rivals, the United States, China, and Russia.
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| In search of a common ground: How debate is bringing Europeans together Posted: 16 May 2019 12:12 PM PDT ![In search of a common ground: How debate is bringing Europeans together]( "In search of a common ground: How debate is bringing Europeans together") Most of the 500-plus attendees have road-tripped or flown more than 500 miles to get here – and dozens traveled more than 1,000 miles – after being matched via the internet with debate partners from different countries to have in-person chats about the future of Europe. The event, Europe Talks, is the brainchild of editors at the German newspaper Die Zeit, who hatched the plan over a pingpong table in their newsroom. In the first, national version of the experiment, "We expected 100 to 200 people to sign up, but 12,000 registered" throughout Germany, says Editor-in-Chief Jochen Wegner.
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