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Tanner Nau
Tanner Nau is a fellow at The Free Press based in Washington, D.C.
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The College Kids Who Can’t Do Basic Math
More than 10 percent of new students at a prestigious California university are taking math that covers what they should have learned as far back as…
Tanner Nau
What Can Mayor Mamdani Actually Do?
Unconstrained by the governor or city council, quite a lot.
Maya Sulkin and Tanner Nau
If SNAP Benefits End, Food Pantries Will Be Desperate, Too
The government shutdown is about to halt SNAP benefits for 42 million people—and strain the safety net provided by food pantries.
Tanner Nau
Is the Internet Too Fragile?
After the AWS outage, Mehdi Daoudi, the CEO of internet performance monitoring company Catchpoint, says that we need to start taking the risks of our…
Tanner Nau
MAGA and Marijuana Might Become Best Buds
The president doesn’t smoke or drink—but is open to loosening federal cannabis rules. ‘It’s good politics,’ a White House official says.
Gabe Kaminsky and Tanner Nau
Is the ADL Inadvertently Making Antisemitism Worse?
Researchers conclude that its anti-hate curriculum provokes defensiveness, but the group says it has overhauled what it teaches.
Tanner Nau and Frannie Block
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