‘The trickle of shutdowns could soon become a flood’

‘What’s lost when liberal arts schools close’

A “wave of closings” of liberal arts colleges “would be devastating,” says Kevin Carey. In “parts of the country that have already been rocked by globalization, the nearby college is one of the few places left where young people can climb the ladder of opportunity.” Students “could attend public universities and community colleges instead, but those programs rarely have the same focus on civic responsibility, the humanities and student discussion as liberal arts schools.”

‘The White House didn’t need a Mar-a-Lago makeover’

The “pictures of a digger tearing into the White House are nothing less than shocking, a symbol of Trump’s disregard for American institutions and values — and his embrace of a new Gilded Age,” says Nia-Malika Henderson. O