Meritocracy

At her inaugural briefing as President Donald Trump’s new press secretary Tuesday morning, Katie Zacharia answered a handful of questions. But she raised many more. Among them: Why all the unnatural pauses while reading out loud from a binder? What’s with the weird hand gesture where she taps her fingertips…

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Home Politics Audio By Vocalize Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna promised to introduce austerity measures if the opposition takes power. Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has hit back at President William Ruto after the Head of State accused the united opposition of lacking a clear policy agenda ahead of the 2027 General…

commentary The DCU's new drama uses Hal Jordan and John Stewart's tense team-up to take a swing at America's meritocracy myth Published August 14, 2026 12:00PM (EDT) Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in "Lanterns." (John Johnson/HBO Max) Before we glimpse the opening title card for “Lanterns,” co-creators Chris Mundy, Damon…

The University of California Board of Regents is being asked to consider whether to bring back the SAT and ACT for admissions, a debate so hot even New York is weighing in on this Golden State dilemma. Despite dire warnings from our right-coast friends and thousands (yes, thousands) of professors…

Moldovan President Maia Sandu is not named in any of the documents, did not approve any of the appointments and denies being involved in them in any way. Still, the fact that two members of her extended family have become key figures in scandals has raised awkward questions about her…

By Chinedu Eze A resounding endorsement has greeted President Tinubu’s appointment of Acting IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu as Nigeria’s 23rd indigenous Inspector-General of Police. The move has been hailed as a masterstroke, earning plaudit from security experts and citizens alike. The appointment is being touted as a triumph of meritocracy,…

“Ordinary Men in Action” activists held a press conference in Seoul, 2022, to push back against gendered hate politics. Image courtesy of Feminism With Him. Used with permission. It can be difficult to define what “conservative” or “right-wing populist” means, as the boundaries have blurred with other terms such as…

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