Opinion Weekend

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Bipartisan majorities in U.S. favor banning glyphosate
Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, on crops grown in the United States, according to a nationally representative survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Confidence in College Has Collapsed
Daniel Cox, American Storylines
Americans have lost faith in higher ed, but is it because of politics?

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The State of Public Education in 2026 in Five Charts
RAND Corporation
RAND has spent more than a decade surveying educators across the United States and has now expanded this effort to include the perspectives of students and parents. Our seven standing panels of teachers, principals, superintendents, students, parents, adults from the general population, and veterans offer one-of-a-kind insight into the state of American public education.

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Big city growth is slowing, reversing a post-pandemic resurgence
William H. Frey, The Brookings Institution
The nation’s largest cities have contended with a roller coaster of population shifts since the beginning of this decade. Many were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the early part of the decade, with sharp declines or smaller gains in population growth, followed by a post-pandemic resurgence through 2023-24. Now, recent Census Bureau estimates show a 2024-25 reversion to slowing growth in big cities.