The challenge of turning around failing schools

Accusations of narcos financing political campaigns rock Tamaulipas

Journalist Hector de Mauleón dropped a bombshell in his Sept. 19 column, revealing leaked diplomatic cables alleging the campaign of incoming Tamaulipas governor Américo Villarreal received funding from the Cartel del Noreste—which dominates the Nuevo Laredo crime plaza. Villarreal won the June 5 gubernatorial contest for the ruling MORENA party, taking 50.27% of the vote...

Low Expectations Lead to Low Results

Thirteen years in the trenches serving homeless women with children reinforced a grand life lesson for me: “treat a person as he or she is and watch them remain so. Treat a person as he or she can be and watch them become so.” In our government’s sincere attempts to help the homeless, we have...

Data Ownership: How Big Tech Keeps Taking Our Stuff

Every time we open a web page, we are being monitored. Not by the people in our houses, nor by the government, nor private investigators, nor foreign agents—but by our devices themselves. That’s because data is the most valuable resource on earth—more valuable than gold, oil, or diamonds—and everything we do is data. Companies like...